On Thursday, in an effort to convince Pakistan to raise taxes on its impoverished masses, Secretary of State Clinton told government officials the United States enforces confiscatory taxation on the American people.
Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world. We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she proudly proclaimed.
According to the Human Development Index (HDI), 60.3% of Pakistan’s population lives under $2 a day. Apparently, Clinton doesn’t realize that the people of Pakistan cannot afford to be taxed and maybe that’s why the government does not do it. Nonetheless, her delightful excitement about taxing US citizens is clear.
References:
DailyTimes.com.pk
Wikipedia - Pakistan’s employment income
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