Taxes and bureaucracy hurt Brazil’s economy
May 25, 2012
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Brazil, like many of the other BRICS countries, is starting to suffer an economic downturn. China is buying fewer Brazilian goods, but economists say a drop in exports is not the only reason for the downturn. As Gabriel Elizondo reports,some of the issues are internal.
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So do you concede my point about money because it seems you have nothing else to say about it? Instead you change topics giving me circumstantial evidence about people you know and ways you get out of paying taxes. Neo liberal economic policies have let to a break down in our global economy, basically a cash grab by the people running the show. People on welfare contribute more to the economy then falsely lauded “job creators”.utopia does not exist, free market is an unattainable ideal.
Fact: In the USA from 1959-1973 poverty declined rapidly & consistently from about 19% to just below 9%. The government then implemented a plethora of welfare-state programs & what happened? Poverty declines halted rapidly & actually began to increase again, now in 2010 I believe the figure was 15.1% & likely even higher in 2012. So more government intervention lead to more poverty, the data shows it so not sure about your anecdotal claims of “people starving” but data doesn’t seem to agree
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besides, “social democracy” is an unsustainable form of government, countries with high state expenditure on social welfare programs will not be able to sustain them in 10-15 years time.Austerity is not an economic choice, it is a fact of life, and it will be for many decades to come. unless we make a transition to a new sustainable economic model, something like a “resource based economy”
the people who call themselves “democratic socialists” are usually unemployed ,poor as fuck & live pay-check to pay-check.. we live in a GLOBAL economy, sure, as citizens we are obliged to pay taxes, but tax too much,people will evade taxes by any means necessary.and it’s not just the ultra wealthy who are flocking to tax havens in record numbers,middle class people like myself who make most of our income on capital gains.etc.
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Money is printed by the gov., distributed by the gov. and insured by the gov.. I know in the states its owned by the federal reserve not exactly the gov., a plutocracy of bankers and rich families(basically the gov.). I am not a marxist, i am a democratic socialist look it up. Money belongs to the government that is why they are entitled to take it from you in taxes. You dont make money you trade you skills/time for it then give a percentage back to the gov. for being allowed to use their money
This is about “over-taxation” & govt. inefficiency
“Money does not belong to an individual it belongs to the government.” AHAHAHAHA
Spoken like a true Marxist scum
Brazil has potential to become a real superpower..they just need to get rid of these socialist scumbags.
The Asshole’s mantra : It is the natural order for the responsible and productive person to pay for the luxury and comfort of the unproductive and irresponsible person.
Brazil needs to crack down on corruption, increase taxes on the wealthy, close loopholes for big corporations, and build public companies to produce goods like food and petroleum and sell it domestically at a decent price.
sort of like how capitalists want to enslave you and make you work for no money?
completely ignore the large Indian protests recently where socialists and communists protested the governments pro capitalism approach because they were being exploited by companies.
according to that logic the beginning of the 20th century was a utopia. OH WAIT it Wasn’t it was a horrible time where people were starving and working conditions were atrocious. not to mention what they put inside of products they sold.
most people just call it capitalism
what is not true? There are many socialist goverments that operate just fine, bigger government is the price you pay for an equal access of opportunity. The problems in Brazil occur because of many factors that affect Brazil uniquely. Most of the things you describe can be easily fact checked and anyone who takes the time can see you exaggerate. Money does not belong to an indivdual it belongs to the government. If you want a pure freemarket society move back in time to Victorian England
That is not socialism. What you are describing is a plutocracy.
Brazilian butthurt is the sexiest of butthurts
If you are self employed in Brazil and make 10 bucks an hour (which is considered less than minimum wage in most developed Countries) the government in Brazil takes 300 from you each month. Now how exactly are you suppose to live with that? My answer is… do it like me! Go live in Canada!
Just do a quick comparison of the price of goods in Brazil versus anywhere else in the world. I give you an example: Apple 64GB iPad 2 With WiFi – Black 1,990.00 BRL = 970.765 USD.
You are arguing that:
- government currently provides X
- if government doesn’t provide X, then X will not be provided
This is flawed logic. In fact, I would argue that government doesn’t currently provide X very well, if at all. The free market has created almost everything in history that has improved our lives & the human condition. Get ride of the laws giving corporations immunity from their actions, remove govt intervention in the economy, & let true entrepreneurs solve the worlds problems.
like carton paper huts in the slumps bordering skyscrapers
Like a carbon copy of India
same thing in India they want capitalism only so much so that the bureaucrats and politicians can get more money. Always quasi socialism never free markets. Bloody Congress party!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
No true. Most of Brazil’s earnings come from gas tax and sales tax, not income. Gas prices in Brazil are double if not triple the price in most places of the World, in the meanwhile Brazil exports more oil than most Countries. Most of their health system is socialized. The best jobs are in government and corruption runs wild because government is so massive and impossible to police itself.