The title of an article in today’s NYTimes informs us that :
"Pakistan’s Elite Pay Few Taxes"
The article’s opening and self-righteous propagandistic salvo further reveals, accusatorily and without a scintilla of self-analysis, that:
“The lack of a workable tax system feeds an inequality in Pakistani society, where the wealth of its most powerful members is not redistributed or put to use for public good."
Then, I guess that
• the world’s largest taxpayer funded military budget
• the billions spent on political campaigns
• the world’s 37th ranked health care system
• epidemic and continuous environmental disaster cover ups
• rampant financial frauds
• pervasive predatory lending
• reductions in social services for the elderly
• our subpar public educational system
• our corporate profit driven University system
• our taxpayer funded bailouts
• the maintenance of military bases all over the world
• the maintenance of a health care system that is rated 37th in the world
• the support of sieges of innocent native communities, i.e. native Americans, Palestinians, Haitians…
are all paragons of PUBLIC GOOD!
