If you go back 19 years, you can find something written by a Washington Post correspondent that was sort of righteous

When Latin America's rich don't pay taxes, things go to hell

A boy plays in Cartagena, Colombia, where the heart of the city is prosperous but the slums are rife with drug trafficking, malnourished children and preventable diseases. (Juan Forero - Twp)

By Eugene Robinson

Washington Post

December 2, 1990

Excerpt from report:

What are the long-term implications [of tax evasion in Latin America] for income distribution in a region where the gap between rich and poor is getting wider every day? The fact that people don't pay their income taxes has led governments to adopt more regressive tax strategies, like value-added taxes that come down harder on the poor. Government would not have to cut so deeply into subsidies and services for the needy if the middle class and the wealthy paid their fair share...

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