"Nemo me impune lacessit" No one injures me with impunity.

Well, Scots used to be proud.

Well, how about this, Mr. MacKaskil?

"The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken." (Psalm 37)

Yes, soon, Mehari, MacKaskil (if names are misspelt, too bad!) and all the rest of the wicked will be gone.

What we see in Portugal, where IVA has gone from 11% to 16% to 17% to 19% to 21% under alternating Socialist and Social Democrat governments, is wholesale evasion.

Any workman, mechanic, builder, will give you a price for a job, but if you want an invoice, he will either turn down the job or charge a much higher fee. Tax evasion is a passtime throughout the EU because of the high taxes and fees levied on business.

We have 42% income tax, 35.5% withholding tax and 20% IVA, and the more they raise the rates, the bigger the deficit gets.

Fun, ain't it?