You can see the small part of your money that ends up in the pockets of politicians through their arrogance and luxurious lifestyle. Most of the public money disappears without a trace, which is why it is not irritating because it is simply not in sight.

That money should have ended up in hospitals, schools, roads; more or less everywhere because we live in de facto socialism where the state has taken over all the key functions of social services. Whoever starts ranting about "neoliberal capitalism" is either muddying the waters or doesn't know what he's talking about.

All that you get back from the state could be 80-90% cheaper if you paid directly for these services on the free market when corruption and "installation costs" are taken away. In this way, the welfare state is a service for the enrichment of politicians and bureaucrats who are not satisfied just to take your money, but want to, under the threat of institutional violence, make your life difficult, complicated, bitter and more expensive at every step.

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