FMF NEWSLETTER 22 JUNE 2017
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This week’s feature article tackles the commonly-held notion that higher taxes will be good for poor people. As Jasson Urbach and Martin van Staden explain, more (and higher) taxes will always hurt poor people. Those in higher tax brackets can move with their capital out of the country; those without these means are compelled to remain in the country and bear the brunt of lower levels of investment. Employers pay the higher taxes and consequently have less money to pay salaries. At the end of the day the poorest South Africans will suffer most.
Any tax hurts the poor the most – JASSON URBACH & MARTIN VAN STADEN
Low-growth and the resulting decrease in government revenue around the world, but especially in South Africa, has led to increased calls for higher taxes on the rich. The mantra is that benevolent governments will redistribute this wealth and thus help the poor escape destitution. However, history has demonstrated that imposing heavy taxes on productive individuals and companies is a simplistic notion of how to redistribute wealth and does wide untold harm. Rather the key to permanently reduce poverty is to adopt policies that promote economic growth and expand opportunities for the unemployed.
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