Excessive taxes that encourage smuggling and black market activity are a significant policy issue in Canada In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith described a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt highly blameable for violating the laws of his country, is frequently incapable of violating those of natural justice, and would have been,
The rise of the entitlement class
more people become dependent on government, either through employment, government contracts or handouts; the less likely they are to vote for spending cutbacks. As Luxembourg Prime Minster Jean-Claude Junker put it “We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we have done it”.