Comment by DoingIsLearning

Nobody is being exploited, most people _want_ to self-employ to not get chewed by income tax.

Most states in Europe treat you like you're mister money bags for anything above 50k a year.

You can choose:

- Cost of living (read Housing)

- Taxation

- Income

Government's need to curb one of the first two or boost the third, otherwise people will always be looking for the exit door.