The poor hide. The rich negotiate. The middle class pays!!
The ones who obey are punished; the ones who cheat are rewarded with loopholes, subsidies, and political proximity.The indian taxpayer’s curse is visibility.
The system tracks every rupee you earn, save, or invest — not to reward you, but to extract more. The wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">digital revolution didn’t empower citizens; it exposed them.Every transaction through UPI, every credit card swipe, every Form 26AS entry — builds a surveillance economy where compliance is monetized.
And while salaried professionals live under financial scrutiny, the cash-rich sectors — real estate, politics, small businesses — glide below the radar.Economists call it “formal sector distortion.” In simpler words: the middle class funds both the poor and the powerful.
The government’s welfare promises are financed not by billionaire wealth or black money recovery — but by the fixed-income earner’s monthly deduction.This is why tax-paying professionals feel punished. Not because of numbers — but because of moral imbalance.When a corrupt system starts romanticizing poverty and protecting privilege, honest work becomes the easiest target.The irony?
In a country obsessed with “Viksit Bharat,” the very citizens who make it possible are treated like liabilities, not assets.