Comments on: We are like that only….

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:11:15 +0000

Hi SK,
You are getting it wrong. Calculate the numbers. You will realize that a lot of money is given in terms of natural resources to private parties. In fact that is only reason why people want to remain in power.
In fact, if corruption is blocked then government’s revenue can double or triple in a year. In fact in today’s newspaper I read about a coal scam.
Many intellectuals argue that Indian billionaire are industrialist from majorly in natural resources space. I hope you can connect the dots.
Also, India has income tax as well as service tax. So you pay tax when you earn and you pay tax when you spend.

By: Advait

Advait — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:51:29 +0000

One step solution……just tax the MPs MLAs on the free services provided to them by the govt…….better still…..make them pay for the services…..

By: vinod

vinod — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:22:14 +0000

Splendid! Bang on target! You just echoed my thoughts.

By: SK

SK — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:50:11 +0000

Ha! People play the game wonderfully… If we direct the fingers to other side, we think we are getting rid of it…nice. The culture depends on every citizen… not just on poor, rich, babu or gopu.

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:50:49 +0000

General opinion is public pay taxes for services. The taxes are not utilized properly.
Also, there is a lot of corruption. One example is 2G spectrum.
If all the money of 2G corruption would have been spent on roads then we would have had a lot better roads.
In fact there are many scams related to natural resources belonging to government. Somebody gives land to Lavasa almost for free. Somebody gives mines for free.
I agree that rich are not taxed enough. For example, there could be a congestion surcharge for cars on the road.
But it would fetch a lot of money if you catch corrupt people and black money than taxing rich people.

By: Krish

Krish — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:00:57 +0000

We should also question like why our babus/government servants can not build proper roads, ensure 24 hour water supply each day, continuous power supply without interruption or simple task of collecting the trash and disposing it in suitable location (not in neighboring villages, lakes and sewers). These babus/govt servants are getting better pay packages than their counterparts in the west. If the budget is short, they can too raise funds through various means. Why to blame public that every good service that they want is for free.

By: pravin

pravin — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:08:48 +0000

“We think we deserve Rs. 40 lakh salary, but we will hate paying Rs. 100,000 of tax a month.”. Er, why is the latter a corollary of the former?. taxes should be paid with utomost disdain and reluctance.
if people start believing that income taxes are a)necessary and b)natural -then they are setting up for an extortion of gigantic proportions. i really wish people read up the history of income tax. we should simply get rid of income tax in india. it makes up less than 8% of the govt’s budget. is anyone saying that the govt should not be forced to tighten up/become efficient/cut down waste upto only 8% when citizens are living on a tight income themselves?
8%? how innumerate and slavish we have all become

By: Mira D

Mira D — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:03:57 +0000

Hats off, Subrabhai!
Killer last line.

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:00:50 +0000

Hitting it where it hurts … Hope this is read out by a President ( current, future) on National television and for that 20 minutes every channel to beam it.

By: Sambaran

Sambaran — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:48:17 +0000

Super! Brilliant! Adjectives fail me.