Ethics is the best professional policy.

he editorial ‘‘The Future . . . to whom it belongs?’’1 raises wo considerations on our professional practice. The first one, stimulated by our colleague Marcio brahão, refers to the Brazilian tax burden. The National nion of Attorneys of the National Treasury estimates that he cost of the crime of tax evasion in Brazil in 2015 alone as more than R$ 420 billion -seven times more than the nnual cost of corruption. Therefore, there is no way to ttain significant relief to the pockets of honest taxpayers ithout tax reform, repression of tax evasion and punishent of tax evaders.2 If individuals and businesses do not vade taxes, it will be possible to reduce tax rates and he tax burden will weigh less on each of us. Therefore, e endorse the editorial on the role of medical institutions n the national political scenario, because society’s revulion against crime gets a stronger voice through prestigious rganizations, such as the ABORL-CCF. There is nothing more ppropriate for our Association to do than to start or join a ublic campaign to combat tax evasion. The second consideration concerns the ethical and umanitarian nature of Medicine. It is incontestable that e need to demand a fair and decent remuneration for all orkers, including doctors. In parallel, the current crises n economic and moral values bring us doctors another