Tax the rich

As the wealthy keep getting wealthier, their influence grows and it’s only the opulent class who can run for elections. So it follows logically that they are not the true representatives of the population. We are a country where the middle class is fast diminishing, and that truly is a dangerous sign. It is a harbinger to the difficult times ahead. The unidirectional flow of wealth is creating a plethora of problems today which will have devastating effects on our future generations.

The solution to this predicament is a just distribution of wealth. One might wonder how we might snatch and distribute in an egalitarian manner from this insanely corrupt, self-centred and egocentric pack of ravenous wolves. The answer lies in the method that was adopted millenniums ago: taxation.

It is true that this is easier said than done and it is almost impossible to collect it from the most influential class of people of the country and it is also true that it would be imprudent to let the wealthiest class of the country off the hook since they are the ones which would make a significant contribution to the collecting tin.

We, therefore, have to tweak the system in such a way that the wealthy can be taxed. We need to enforce tax on those who always shy away from it through proper check and balance. The proper distribution of wealth might allay some of the problems that this country is facing, it might appease those who are hopeless and it might make those optimistic who have lost all faith in this country and its future.

JUNAID SHAFQAT PARACHA

Lahore