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Ahmadinejad wants to fund this increase in military spending with a 20% increase in tax revenues. How on earth does this crackpot expect his people to pay 20% extra in taxes especially under the current economic conditions?
Simple. By taxing the untaxed part of economy which is huge. In Iran very few people pay taxes and Iran's tax to GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world. Very few people specially those in speculative parts of economy pay any tax on their huge earnings.
That is not the proposal. The proposal is to increase tax rates by 20%, across the board. No one mentioned anything about taxing new sectors of the economy.
Ok. Now do not quote an Israeli propaganda newspaper as fact. Ahmadinejad has been implementing a structural reform program aimed at taxing the untaxed portion of the economy and even last year there was a strike by jewelry markets in Iran because they did not want to be taxed. It is not best to quote Israel when talking about Iran.
The Israeli newspaper was merely quoting Ahmadinihad's address on a radio station, I'll take their word for it since I don't speak Farsi. Anyway I would love to know where your confidence in Ahmadinejads economic policies come from. This man has single handedly destroyed the Iranian economy. Iran's economic woes are 90% mismanagement and 10% sanctions, even Iranian lawmakers and politicians publicly say this.
The Israeli newspaper was merely quoting Ahmadinihad's address on a radio station, I'll take their word for it since I don't speak Farsi. Anyway I would love to know where your confidence in Ahmadinejads economic policies come from. This man has single handedly destroyed the Iranian economy. Iran's economic woes are 90% mismanagement and 10% sanctions, even Iranian lawmakers and politicians publicly say this.
India's GDP is 1.85 trillion. Iran's 425 billion. Now you see the difference.