Electricity prices go up 30 %, add to this around 12 % loss of rupee in recent months and increase in fuel prices. The middle class will be further burdened by this increase in tariff.
I feel sorry for the middle class as this will unleash a mountain of hyper inflation. While the people suffer the government has collected over 70 billion in profits due to fuel rate hike during the past few months.
So you choke the existing tax payer? . Seriously, that is not a solution, you enforce law on everyone instead of hitting people who are already following law.
Tax laws exists but people like their government are corrupt and would do any thing to avoid taxes.
Unless and until the citizens are convinced that the taxes they pay will be properly utilized for the benefit of the common man, it will be difficult to collect taxes.
The only problem is that the government taxes the ordinary people for their own bad governance. Instead of going for indirect taxation the government should have increased the tax net, but then again they have just gone for the easy way out at the expense of the middle class.
The only problem is that the government taxes the ordinary people for their own bad governance. Instead of going for indirect taxation the government should have increased the tax net, but then again they have just gone for the easy way out at the expense of the middle class.
Almost all our problems; from corruption, to terrorism, to crime, to traffic conditions, to unhealthy food, to inflation, to inequitable distribution of wealth stem from lack of implementation of laws. Implement tax laws in their spirit and you'd have no need to go to IMF. It is not as difficult as it seems. Sending one or two influential people to jail would sort things out. It seems the rich and powerful can get away with anything.
I have met several brilliant Pakistanis abroad who are willing to move back to the country with only one condition: If something bad happens to them or their family, they should be able to get quick and fair justice. [they are even prepared to take the risk of 'something bad' happening to them.]
IK's idea in the beginning of PTI hit the right chords. The 'I' seems to be missing from party's mantra now.