The practical impact of this new tax on prosperity is that more than 2, 500 entrepreneurs like Brian Overstreet will beslammed with large tax bills for all of the wrong reasons.
On the other hand if they duck the issue and overlook the sentiment in the market and the rating agencies then the IMF will beslammed as being out of touch with reality.
If you blow a scoring opportunity because you're selfish, you know the crowd are going to be baying for you, and you know who is going to beslammed in the paper the next day.