Quote from: ag@th0s on May 21, 2014, 11:42:19 PM

Quote from: JorgeStolfi on May 21, 2014, 10:56:56 PM

Quote from: ag@th0s on May 21, 2014, 10:07:19 PM

Oh yeah - Brazilians love there tax regime - it's so efficient!
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/04/22/study-finds-brazils-state-to-be-tax-guzzling-inefficient/

Just like in the US, the opposition party loves to blast the current government for overtaxing and wasting money. Only to do even worse when they get to power.

When they were in power, those neocons who set up the "impostômetro" created a huge public debt by borrowing money at 40% interest per year or more. Even today, 12 years after they lost the national government, more than half of all the tax revenue goes to pay interest on that debt, which only keeps growing. (THAT is real armed robbery, because if the government tried to reject that debt, even with popular support, it would probably be toppled in short time.) Still, "taxing Dilma" stands a good chance of winning a second term, with support not only from the lower- and middle-class "parasites" but from business people in general.

So the Neocons created the debt 12 years ago at exactly the same time you were running around downtown with your scary "nota fiscal" that made everyone shut up shop because they thought you were a tax inspector? Pardon me if I say I can't work out which side you are on.

I really don't care anymore at this point. Welcome to ignore Jorgi. Statements like the above really piss me off, especially coming from the mouth of a so called educated person.

p.s. I call bullshit on the "Academic interest only"

Thanks bye.