{"id":24933,"date":"2017-08-28T12:32:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T17:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24933"},"modified":"2017-08-28T12:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T17:32:29","slug":"the-hunt-for-taxes-is-global-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=24933","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt for Taxes is Global"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pageTitle blogTitle\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/world-news\/taxes\/the-hunt-for-taxes-is-global\/\">The Hunt for Taxes is Global<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mainContent\">\n<div class=\"contentWrap\">\n<div class=\"theContent\">\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61525 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt.jpg 945w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt-768x708.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt-180x166.jpg 180w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Hadrian-TaxRevolt-600x553.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Hadrian-TaxRevolt\" width=\"619\" height=\"571\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50740 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50740 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth.jpg 660w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth-180x114.jpg 180w, https:\/\/armstrongmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Trajan-Welfare-Youth-600x381.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Trajan-Welfare-Youth\" width=\"403\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>Taxes are the root of all evil for this is the confrontation against the people that historically leads to civil unrest and then revolution. The American and French Revolutions were over taxes. Historically, even the Roman Empire was forced from time to time to grant tax amnesty as was the case in 119AD. You even have Roman Emperors such as Trajan (98-117AD) engaging in social legislation known as the <em><strong>Alimenta<\/strong><\/em>, which was a welfare program that helped orphans and poor children throughout Italy. The <em><strong>Alimenta<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0provided general funds, food and subsidized education for children. The funding came from the Dacian War booty initially. When that ran out, it was funded by a combination of estate taxes and philanthropy.The state provided loans like Fannie Mae providing mortgages on Italian farms (<em>fundi<\/em>). The registered landowners in Italy received a lump sum from the imperial treasury. In return, the borrower was expected to pay yearly a given proportion of the loan to the maintenance of an <em><strong>Alimentary Fund<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 a kickback so to speak.\u00a0Taxes and social programs have been around a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Today, debts are never reduced. Consequently, governments only raise taxes continually. We see this in some of the richest countries in the world. Now Singapore is passing three amendments expanding the power of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) under the Property Tax Act. This new legislation is one that will hand the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) more enforcement and investigative powers.\u00a0Singapore government is using the law to force people to pay more in taxes. There will be no privacy. Under this legislation,\u00a0the\u00a0tax authorities will be able to summon people to appear personally before them and to provide all information. They will be interrogated orally for investigation be it their own taxes, or another person\u2019s property\/properties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hunt for Taxes is Global Taxes are the root of all evil for this is the confrontation against the people that historically leads to civil unrest and then revolution. The American and French Revolutions were over taxes. 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