I rather meant government taking measures to stimulate IT business and venture capital, like it's done in certain Eastern European countries, for instance - mostly by tax exemptions and concessions.
Regarding bonuses - here in Spain they are subject to personal income tax...so yeah, it's only good for employers.
It's the same in the US
> It would be great, if these issues were addressed, and there are well-known ways to do that.
How ? moving to bonuses or equity is a way to defer taxes but at the end you would pay the same