Socialism and High Taxes: Did Russia Learn Its Lesson?
By Julio
Severo
Russian
President Vladimir Putin giving a Russian passport to French actor Gerard
Depardieu made international headlines this week.
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| Gerard Depardieu and Russian president |
In Russia, there
is a flat tax of only 13 percent, an unimaginably low levy for a
nation that formerly was a communist power that used its citizens as mere
slaves, without rights and freedom.
An American
lawyer recently told me that the Russian tax rate is much lower than the
American one, which ranges up to 39.5 percent.
According to
him, the Russians’ problem involves corruption and transparency issues.
Nevertheless, he pointed out that while Russia is experiencing gradual
improvements, the situation in America is deteriorating visibly.
The supposed
absence of corruption in the American government is based on the premise that,
for example, if the White House decides to invest billions in the
worldwide promotion and imposition of abortion and homosexuality, nobody will
divert the money for other purposes. And the American government has really
been making those colossal investments, in spite of the economic crisis that is
devastating the former land of the brave and free, and formerly
— with emphasis on formerly — the country of low taxes.
Even as she
loses her economic power, America seems determined to use her policies of high
taxation to invest the last cent of her citizens’ blood in the
international promotion of abortion and homosexual tyranny, as shown in this
video: http://youtu.be/_iQMcrC_L8I
Russia has
been taking the opposite course. Today, the nation defends moral and
family values more than any other at the UN. In her domestic policies, Russian
society is almost entirely opposed to the homosexual propaganda, a
Western-imported product affecting every aspect of life in Brazil.
In spite of the
corruption in Russia, there is a strong irony in the French actor’s case.
Thirty years ago, people fled from Russia to escape communist control over
their lives, families and work. Some took refuge in France and many chose
America.
However, everything
has changed. Today, France, America and even Brazil adore socialism, high
taxes, abortion and sodomy, while Russia, with all her imperfections, is moving
away from these evils.
With the current
extravagantly high taxes in America and France, and with the American
obsession to homosexualize the world, there is little hope for a positive
change. But Russia, with her low taxes and her defense of family values, offers
indications of hope.
Reviewed by Don Hank.
Portuguese
version of this article: Socialismo
e impostos elevados: Rússia aprendeu a lição?
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