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Cut, cut, cut! 'Read my lips - no more taxes! For the better part of a
generation, political mantras about tax have been deliberately misleading.
'Small' government and 'lower' taxes have not cut the tax bill or government
budgets. They have camouflaged a switch from taxes on personal and corporate
wealth to taxes on anyone and anything else. Today, the more political
power you have, the less tax you are likely to pay. A tax 'consensus' has
been quietly engineered by the IMF and imposed worldwide, regardless of
democratic preference or absolute human needs. As globalization goes mental
and public funds prop up the worldfs banks, next month the NI uncovers
the global tax scandal - and suggests where justice might lie. |
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| 2 Letters 4 Tax justice and the global fiddle David Ransom listens to the false notes being played by an orchestra of financial instruments. Top dodgers: Bono, Rupert Murdoch 9 Can pay... won't pay! How John Christensen made a banker hide his head in his hands in the tax haven of Jersey. Top dodgers: Leona Helmsley, The Prince of Liechtenstein 12 TAX INJUSTICE - THE FACTS 14 Tax the richest: why are we waiting? As the UN goes in search of more funds to eliminate poverty, David Hillman reckons he knows where they're hiding. Top dodger: Tesco 16 A short history of taxation 18 Why ecotaxes may not be the answer Tax will, sooner or later, have to follow the environmental agenda. Nicola Liebert reports on mixed experiences so far, even in Germany. Top dodger: The British Monarchy 20 Rebels with a cause Where there's a tax there's a revolt. 21 SPECIAL FEATURE Queer India... The wildly erotic imagery on India's temples hints at a history of sexual freedom; so too does traditional acceptance of transgenders (hijras). But the reality for Indian gays and lesbians has been very different - at least until the last few years. Nick Harvey explains the background on gay rights - and then talks to lesbian activists about a cause that is beginning to catch fire. 25 Currents Australian Aborigines win sea rights; Burma's Karen fight back in the longest war; new worldwide campaign on Darfur. PLUS NEW monthly CARTOON STRIP: Marc Roberts' intergalactic health & safety inspectors Gort and Klaatu make their début. 28 Big Bad World Polyp discovers oil in the Garden of Eden. PLUS: NI Prize Crossword 29 Worldbeaters Russia's massive energy company Gazprom plans to be the biggest corporation in the world by 2014 - and who would bet against it? 30 Mixed Media Win a CD in our music competition; a five-star film from Brazil - and a four-star one from Russia about the war in Chechnya; books include John Berger's wonderful new novel. 32 Southern Exposure Circus antics captured by Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh. 33 Making Waves Martha Lucía Micher Camarena has been battling to defend women's rights in Mexico for decades - and last year she achieved two landmark victories. 34 Essay: Timor, Cuba - and the making of a medical superpower 36 Country Profile: Tanzania @ |
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