Governments are mandated by the electorate to manage the revenue. They are supposed to use this fiscal revenue to see to the socioeconomic needs of the country. Instead many of them use part of this fiscal revenue to finance their lavish lifestyles. But what is really hurting the middle classes is the tax burden that they have to carry because multinationals are structuring their taxation in such a way that they pay very little taxes. In other words, multinationals are not paying their fair share of taxes, thus placing the tax burden on the middle classes....
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There are no fair share of tax. Taxation is theft, so how can it be fair? If i only steal half the money in your wallet and tell you im gonna write a really clever book that i promise is going to be of good value to you - is that fair?
Taxes are needed for the running of a country - for building schools, hospitals, universities, social support, etc. Taxes are one of the major sources of income for governments. Corporations need to pay taxes in the jurisdiction that they operate in as they use the facilities, the infrastructure, etc. Also if they shrug their responsibility of paying taxes,they shift the burden of tax payment to the middle classes. These are the very people that contribute to the success of the corporation. So that's why there was a backlash wrt Starbucks in the UK