So as a (almost desperate) last resort effort to reduce what it says on my nation overview page to be my tax rate (which was about "98.9 %") I answered option 1 of issue #221.
I even got the right result: "55 minutes ago: Following new legislation in Jute, the government is in utter turmoil following the the recent abolishment of the tax code."
However, it doesn't seem to have much of an effect, because it now says: "The average income tax rate is 97.9%. "
My economy (heavily relying on subsidies, as far as I know) is still rated as "strong", education and welfare programs don't seem to have taken too much damage either, and murder rates are only at 0.6 %. Why didn't my economy crash, is it because I didn't choose option 3?