69 · Jayesh said

Taxation is theft.

Oye, Jay the plumberwala, hope all the trickling down is bringing the paisas in till fox moves to india.

Interesting comic, Rahul!

I didn’t understand your comment, though. Do you dispute my statement you quoted?

Taxation is theft.

Oye, Jay the plumberwala, hope all the trickling down is bringing the paisas in till fox moves to india.

taxation is spreading the wealth around. If you got such a problem with spreading the wealth around, you got a problem with taxation.

Taxation is theft.

That it has the sanction of the “state” no more alters that fact, than calling an under-the-table payment a “service charge” somehow makes it less corrupt.

Only someone steeped in communist/socialist dogma would aver that the power of the state was required to “spread” the wealth around. Instead of paying an exorbitant tax rate, an entrepreneur could use that as capital to finance enterprises that generate employment, and “spread” the wealth in a fairer way than “state-Robinhood” ever can – by creating it for oneself and others. The only role for the state should be to create an environment conducive to such investment and facilitate growth, mostly by staying out of the picture and letting the natural desire of all people to better their own lot take its natural course.

The “Baniya” state of Gujarat (with the “Maut ka saudagar” at its helm) is currently showing great development. Please find out if this is a result of “taxation to spread the wealth around” or of economic policies aimed at growth.

Actually only an idiotic defender of the brahminical caste system would deny that this patently false and unfair system deserves much if not most of the blame for India’s horrifying conditions.

So, Mr. Valmiki, how is it that this evil Brahminical caste system made India one of the richest countries in the world 2 centuries ago, with a quarter of world GDP? Perhaps it was not “Brahminical” enough back then? Perhaps this “myth” about India being rich in the past is just another “Brahmin-Baniya” conspiracy?

Dirt poor people in India are not affected, but that does not make it a good thing being dirt poor in the first place. Dirt poor people of India have always reaped the fruits of the Hindu Rate of Growth never keeping up with the ever increasing family. Middle class how ever will feel the pinch, but with this argument a large part of the Indian population would have been better off being rural farmers at the mercy of the weather god instead of urban middle class depending on Mammon. I’m not convinced!

Yes, we all know that when India was growing at 2-3%, it was a “Hindu” rate of growth, but when India grows at 8-9%, that is a “non-Hindu” rate of growth! Perhaps a “secular” rate of growth, Mr. San?

So, Valmiki…looks like you’ve got it all neatly figured out. Good for you. You sound suspiciously like religious zealots who know what they spew is garbage. Yechury does!