Notwithstanding a New Rhetorical Strategy from Statists, Higher Taxes and Bigger Government Is Not a Recipe for Growth and Development

I must be perversely masochistic because I have the strange habit of reading reports issued by international bureaucracies such as theInternational Monetary Fund,World Bank,United Nations, andOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development.But one tiny silver lining to this dark cloud is that it ’s given me an opportunity to notice how these groups have settled on a common strategy of urging higher taxes for the ostensible purpose of promoting growth and development.Seriously, this is their argument, though they always rely on euphemisms when asserting that politicians should get more money to spend.The OECD, for instance,has written that “Increased domestic resource mobilisation is widely accepted as crucial for countries to successfully meet the challenges of development and achieve higher living standards for their people.”The Paris-based bureaucrats of the OECDalso asserted that “now is the time to consider reforms that generate long-term, stable resources for governments to finance development.”The IMFis banging on this drum as well, with news reports quoting the organization ’s top bureaucrat stating that “…economies need to strengthen their fiscal frameworks…by boosting…sources of revenues.” while also reporting that “The IMF chief said taxation allows governments to mobilize their revenues.”And the UN,which has“…called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year” routinely categorizes such money grabs as...
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