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"Drastic reduction of taxes is another priority," said Varoufakis. High tax rates contribute to deepening of recession and loss of productivity and jobs. As we all know, however, one cannot make an omelette without breaking the eggs. Similarly, there is no way to keep a large public sector with low taxes and even lower collection rates. At the same time, the party expressing the ideological beliefs of the economist promised that taxes will be raised and tax breaks for corporations will be reduced. And before finding out that there is certainly a contradiction, it comes to mind that in his personal blog, Varoufakis has advised us to not read the programme of SYRIZA but to vote straight for it.