As far as I know, over the past 100 years in Western countries there has been a continuous increase in taxes and the state’s share of GDP. For example, in Europe from 1950 to 2010, if I’m not mistaken, taxes had been increased from 33% to 55%. I'm still trying to understand the reason for this, and how it happens in democracies; As a result, I formulated two hypotheses which are completely opposite to each other:
1) The population in Western countries votes for socialists, because many people really like the power of socialists: when the state intervenes a lot in the economy, it has either economic or psychological bonuses. Swedish socialism is called an example of such a society;
2) And the second hypothesis implies that the population does not really want such a transformation, it simply does not solve anything - there is no democracy. All parties benefit from raising taxes, so they enter into an invisible conspiracy - they raise taxes, and try to expel those politicians who promise voters to lower the taxes. Here, the story of Margaret Thatcher is the exception that proves the rule.
Why do politicians benefit from raising taxes? Because politicians and officials are in charge of distributing public money, and this money goes through their pockets. I hope you have heard about the book “Parkinson’s laws”, he had described these processes.
Please write, which of these hypotheses must be correct, as you think.
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