It is this idea of Robin Hood, or taking from the rich to give to the poor, that has caused the most pain for the poor and the middle class. The reason the middle class is so heavily taxed is because of the robin hood ideal. The real reality is that the rich are not taxed. Its the middle class who pay for the poor, especially the educated upper income middle class.
The writer then goes on to explain how the rich are able to avoid being taxed or at least to minimize it to almost insignificant amounts, they 'saw an opportunity, they do not play by the same set of rules.'
Yet when you study the history of taxes, an interesting perspective emerges. As i said, the passage of taxes was only possible because the masses believed in the Robin Hood theory of economics, which was to take form the rich and give to everyone else. The problem was that the government's appetite for money was so great that taxes soon needed to be levied on the middle class, and from there it kept 'trickling down.'
The History of Taxes and the Power of Corporations
(Chapter 5)
Rich Dad Poor Dad
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Warner Books 1998
2 comments:
Well Taxes are haram anyway, so in an Islamic State inshaAllah we wont have to worry about that.
but in the meantime, we have to learn to deal with it, and knowing about it helps, especially those of us who are living under their rules.
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