Posted on 02/26/2010 8:04:29 AM PST by Nachum
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged wealthy Pakistanis to pay a larger share of taxes to reduce their country’s dependence on foreign aid.
In a testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the top US diplomat reminded rich Pakistanis that they had a duty to enable their government to fund schools and hospitals and to spend more on other social projects by paying taxes.
“The very well-off” in Pakistan “do not pay their fair share for the services that are needed, in health and education primarily,” she observed.
Secretary Clinton said the US, along with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, was looking for ways to pressure nations that received loans and grants to broaden their tax base.
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Absolute Insanity is ruling the day in Washington.
Apparently NO ONE want redistribution!
...says the person who's never NET paid tax in her adult life, and whose husband runs an in-your-face tax dodge foundation hoax...
Excepting marxist muslims who want everything they can get from the west. Reciprocal? Yes. You bet. War, terrorism, thats what we fund.
This stupid woman should be muzzled. If 100% of the wealth and income of the top 10% of the Pakistani population were confiscated, and then passed around to the poor 90%, it would simply disappear as if into a large, deep, black pit, and everybody would be just as poor then as they were before.
Under the present situation there are some people in Pakistan with money. Most of it is invested in productive enterprise. They should be encouraged to invest even more. The poor themselves should be encouraged to invest.
Only a full effort by everyone in Pakistan can bring that country into the modern world.
Pakistan’s wealth is controlled by about 100 families, so in that sense she is correct.
But it was all caused by statist, socialist, corrupt politics - a nanny state which wants to control everything, but winds up controlling nothing - with which socialists like Clinton are very comfortable.
When she went over there the first time, Druge referred to it as her, “charm OFFENSIVE”.
She’s charming even more now. I guess without lamps, though...
To be sure, Hill, I’m sure they’ll get right on it.
From each according to their ability.
And the left and Democrats have the nerve to claim that the Republicans are the imperialistic busybodies.
They just can’t help themselves, can they?
the only thing worse than having an elitist liberal lecture you that you aren’t paying enough taxes, is having an elitist liberal FOREIGNER lecture you that you aren’t paying enough taxes.
Oh, yeah....this crowd is doing SO much to improve our image around the world! /sarc
They'll figure it out.
She really knows how to piss off people.....go figure
Hillary for President of Pakistan! I could support that.
Pakistanis urge Hillary to pay more taxes.
is she still around even? every once in awhile she shows up somewhere to make a one sentence statement. She is sooooooo over.
What is it with the democrats and that nasty old tax gene must be a cure some where.
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