In this atmosphere tax collectors have become incorruptible, waiters don't want tips, a lost wallet is always returned, doors do not have to be locked, and some intellectuals want to prove their respect for the peasants by lugging buckets of manure in their free time.
That's bad for British business, bad for the prospects for growth in this economy, bad for the creation of an atmosphere of tax compliance in the small business community when they can clearly see the tax system picks on them, and bad for communities of the UK that need local initiatives to ensure that they prosper and thrive.
Just as we seek to emulate their success on the field they, no doubt, would love an owner like Bruce Craig to arrive on the training pitch in his helicopter, gold teeth shining (this never happened, but I am willing to spread the rumour if you are) and banish unpaid tax bills into the atmosphere.
Business is refusing to invest aggressively in the future including hiring more people in an atmosphere of rising taxes and regulation, not to mention rhetorical attacks on business by President Obama.
One is to raise the cost of putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, through an energy tax.
My comfortable demeanor gives me the ability to command taxing situations while encouraging a sensible, composed atmosphere.
For most of the post-World War II era, Cost argues, our debates over taxing and spending have taken place in an atmosphere of surplus.
For a tax haven, Sark had never had a particularly licentious atmosphere; instead, its decadence was financial.
Again, a doomsday scenario has generated a crisis atmosphere, which is being invoked to justify taxes and regulations that many left-wingers would support anyway.
They also set an atmosphere that prevents countries from raising corporate taxes out of fear that companies might flee if rates rise too high.
