Re: Is Karachi really modern?
^^ Like it or not, there is and will always be a link between the judiciary and taxes. Let me bring up a good example to compare Pakistan's current tax-paying trends (amongst upper-middle and "elite" classes) with a car:
You have a car, the car leaks 50% of the gas it consumes, so you decide not to waste your money and do not put any gas at all in the car. The result--the car doesn't work. < This is the pessimistic view of the current tax-paying in Pakistan, which many guppies share. Obviously the best way to fix up that car is to mend up its gas tank, which in Pakistan's case is its judiciary system.
From that same example, here's an optimistic view of the *current *tax-paying in Pakistan: You don't have the time to go the mechanic and get that car fixed, but you figure out that you won't be losing much even if some of your money gets wasted on the gas; after all, the main purpose of having a car is to drive, which is more important to you than the gas that is wasted.
That's a very true example, since fixing up the law isn't up to you, yet you can help your people - to an extent at least - by paying taxes; additionally, you won't go broke if you are losing some of your money unnecessarily, although the judiciary situation in Pakistan is gonna improve anyway. So the basic point is at least do as much as you can; even if the efficiency of the taxes you pay is 50%, it is still far better than 0% (which is the case if you don't pay taxes at all).