Well here in Spain and in Argentina where I have communication all the time, the issue of taxes is atrocious. More and more of them and higher and higher, especially for the self-employed, which means that many businesses have to close down.
Here we talk about crisis, if I compare it with Argentina it is not so serious, but in general the taxes are strangling those who have businesses.

In Argentina with the previous government it is a disaster and the current government is doing what it can to reactivate the economy.
The more taxes the more recession.... very hard topic!