Here is an article with a bit more background <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0816/What-are-India-s-Anna-Hazare-protests-all-about" rel="nofollow">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0816/...</a>
It seems that corrupt officials and citizens who don't pay taxes go hand in hand. I wonder which came first.<p>Regardless, intuitively it seems to me that these problems will be solved when poverty is reduced and everyone moves up the economic ladder.