Speaking of the “Papers of Panama”, an interesting reflection on the impact countries for tax evasion and capital flight.
The Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca organized in tax havens dark transfer of assets 1,200 companies. To evade taxes. Reveal the so-called papers Panama filtered by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
This massive and organized tax evasion has the same will and intention that tax cuts for the rich perpetrated from the years 80. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were the first to charge the progressive tax system, which established social democratic governments after World War II, which paid more taxes and more who had won.
What involves tax fraud revealed in the papers Panama with the bawdy, but legal, tax cuts for the wealthiest who started Reagan and Thatcher? All. Those who resort to Panamanian law does not want to pay taxes, as well as seeking those pushing and get complacent fiscalities to pay much less.
Certifies the outrageous tax break to the elite one of the richest men in the world, Warren Buffet. This American billionaire estimates that its employees pay taxes and social insurance in almost 33% of their income, when he pays only 17.7%. He says that no one in your company pays less than he. Enlightening.
Indecent tax cuts for rich claims that by paying these lower taxes, have more capital to invest, activate the economy, it grows and jobs are created. But it never happened. The economic power today pay less tax than many 40 years ago, but that money not paid in taxes does not activate the real economy. Speculates in the financial casino.
That capitalist emperramiento to win increasingly portrayed Cayo Largo John Huston. In a Florida hotel match a soldier who returns after World War II, and the gangster Johnny Rocco. In a tense discussion, the soldier asks rhetorically: “What does Rocco?” And the same answer: “He wants more.” And Rocco confirms: “That is, I want more.” The soldier asks again: “Have you ever Rocco have enough?” And Rocco replied: “I never have enough”
Evading taxes or paying much less legally, besides winning dispossessing the working people, the capitalists. they are like Rocco. Never have enough.
Tax havens conducive to massive tax evasion, but governments and international organizations do not face beyond toast to the sun. They maintain banking secrecy against all odds, gasoline tax evasion, and in Europe itself flourish unpunished tax havens. Switzerland, islands Channel, Luxembourg, Liechstentain, Gibraltar, Andorra, Austria, Holland, the City of London … There is no political will of States to end banking secrecy and of those powders banking secrecy come sludge massive tax fraud.
in the evasora impudence of the ‘papers Panama’ urges a system of strong, fair, progressive and sufficient taxes. At least as it was before 80, before the letter of marque from the rich to avoid paying taxes. Or just as Buffet. And end the trap systematic recourse to public debt to compensate for the lower tax revenue.
Given the revelations of the papers of Panama, the international movement ATTAC requires the state to take strong measures against tax evasion and non-payment of contributions. In Spain, around 90,000 million euros a year according to the union of technicians of Finance (GHESTA) are lost. How many problems, poverty and inequality would be resolved to dispose of these billions of euros more?
But not only in Spain. Gabriel explains Zucman in The Hidden Wealth of Nations, there are nearly six billion euros in financial assets hidden in tax havens. And why stop public finances raise annually 130,000 million euros of tax evaded.
Bank secrecy, anonymity of large fortunes and opacity of financial transactions are the essence of tax havens. To avoid hundreds of billions of tax which deprives citizens. We must begin to see tax havens and tax evasion as jihadism as severe as to lead a dignified and secure life threatening. And act accordingly.
* Journalist and writer
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