Charo Charez: the viral post mocking PSOE voters in Spain

A post on X defines millions of PSOE voters through their relationship with Spain's Tax Agency (Hacienda). It is a political definition, not an economic fact, and it circulates without verification.

## A definition shared as if it were a fact

The post circulating on social media attributes a condition to socialist voters: being "red" over taxes. The phrase works as a political label, not as analysis. It offers no figures or sources. It is shared because it sums up in a few words an idea many take for granted: that PSOE voters pay taxes and get nothing in return. That is an opinion, not a verifiable fact.

## Why it matters even though it is not a fact

The message taps into real discontent: the tax burden and the perception that public money never comes back. In Spain, the average effective income tax rate is around **15%** for middle incomes, according to the latest data from the Tax Agency. The label does not explain that. It uses it as a weapon. And that is the problem: a definition that does not distinguish between voters, taxpayers and users of public services.

## The risk of mistaking a label for analysis

Turning a phrase from X into a description of millions of people is not economics. It is propaganda. The post cites no surveys or studies. It does not say how many voters are "red" over taxes or what that actually means. The label stands on its own because it sounds clever. But a definition without data defines nothing: it only lumps people together.