Tags: Black markets

Black markets are logical, politicians are not

Official income shrank and debt isn't rising, but that money comes from somewhere

Uncle Sam has worked up an appetite

Lots of self-employed people and a rising tax burden

Though it's still double the size of its U.S. counterpart

Taxes created an entrepreneurial opportunity

Markets (sometimes extremely unpleasant markets) for everything

And steadily growing

Workers and entrepreneurs ignore useless state rules and taxes

Gambling accounts for a big chunk, in the overtaxed and overregulated country

With the central bank as the only legal buyer, sellers look elsewhere

Why would anybody want to escape intrusive regulations and high taxes?

Use of smaller denominations has actually declined

Oh, horrors! People are bypassing rationing!

Gas cans, also in short supply, going much higher

People working off-the-books jobs don't starve or protest

Next step, between the cushions, under the sofa ...