[JoeDetweiler]

Well, I’m certainly no expert, but I suspect that in this country Senor Marcé would be on his way to prison for tax evasion....

[KarlInOhio]

We sell one carrot, which costs 13 euros [$16] -– very expensive for a carrot. But then we give away admission to our shows for free,”

$16? Is there a lower price for the matinees?

[The Working Man]

The point I get out of this is that if you look hard enough there are ways around the Government’s “Diktats”. They themselves are to blame in that the rules, regulations and doily insanity we all live with are so convoluted that no one knows it all.

Which bring up a side thought, What if there was an effort to produce a “Judge” A.I. program that really knew all of the Laws, case law, regulations etc? Would it go insane from the inherent contradictions or would it start nullifying all the laws, regulations, etc that were contradictory? It’s a thought...

[Tax-chick]

I suspect that these Spaniards are protesting against the idea that they should pay for big government, but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they very much support a bloated welfare state if someone else is picking up the tab.

I find this highly probable. People who think that government arts subsidies, for example, are absolutely essential to life nonetheless do not like taxes that affect them in obvious ways.

[doug from upland]

He probably cannot get a license for selling food, so that may ultimately shut him down.