>Aren't taxes a zero sum game? If one "dodges" any amount the state must make up that revenue somewhere so the actors with finances and ability to best take adv

>Aren't taxes a zero sum game? If one "dodges" any amount the state must make up that revenue somewhere so the actors with finances and ability to best take advantage of the system then end up not paying their fair share? It seems that you're beginning with the assumption that the expenditures are all sensible or necessary, thus the "need" to make up the revenue. To be sure, a deficit is a deficit, but when we start talking about people paying their "fair share", they're probably going to want to know, "fair share of what, exactly?" If politicians keep spending themselves into debt, regardless of how much more money they extract from the population, can we speak of one's "fair share" of the irresponsibility of the people holding the public purse?