If we look at the trends in taxation and social policy, it is quite logical that if the same trends continue, sooner or later we will run out of domestic work. That is to say, a tax on the fact that a person repairs his shed, paints a window, lays a new floor, etc. Maybe even a tax on doing the laundry or cooking. Simply because it’s huge and it’s still untaxed. An impoverished state needs more and more tax revenue and encouraging growth is contrary to the ideology on which the current government is based.
We can even imagine what that will look like. First they will just announce bigger improvements to apartments and houses, then they will push the boundaries and announce smaller and smaller things. Then the state will spend billions on information systems to register it. Then there will be rules on standards and these will gradually get stricter. How about a mandatory camera that will be online and connected to the office to document that you are taking work breaks while cutting timber? How about mandatory separation of processing of different types of food in home kitchens? Then taxing something, then taxing something else, and then the opposition will come up with “cutting red tape,” which may involve lump-sum payments or higher taxes on DIY supplies. We know all this already. And of course the massive grey market and selective application of sanctions.
Small home growers will confirm that much of this is already in the running.
I am not saying that Prime Ministers and Ministers have it all planned out in such detail. My guess is that he is not even considering such a thing. But the logic of their style of governance is inexorable and sooner or later will lead them to it.