Tax Dilemma

Tax Dilemma .
        Now-a-days our beloved country of Pakistan is in a very tense state. The government of Pakistan demands that the people must pay taxes and the people who earn lot of money feel the pain of parting with their money.
        Why is this turmoil in our country. There are many reasons but let us look at the basis of taxes first to understanding the issues.
        What is Tax:
        In plain english tax is the money we have to pay to the government.
        Unfortunately people do not ponder as to why taxes are necessary and must be paid.
        In any country, people can only do few things in individual capacity and there are few things that they can do locally in small groups; For instance they can have a family , build a house for themselves, can earn some money and survive by feeding themselves.

        So far so good.
        But there are certain things that can only be done by the government of the country whether elected or otherwise.
        The country needs defence against an enemy, and protection against any unforeseen situations within. The citizens also need to feel safe in their daily life, so we need police judges and courts etc. The other living needs are roads, schools, means of communications i.e. post office telephones railways etc. Also gas and electricity for food, and comfort and survival, We also need a environment to live a clean and healthy life.
        These jobs can not be done on individual basis, we need a group of people with certain powers to do the job. We pay them because we have asked them to do certain extremely necessary jobs for our survival. We also have a duty to pay them some money, as they do all those jobs for us, and also for their expenses as managers.
        There should be no question about it. But if we feel that the managers are not doing their jobs properly then we can question them and also we do have the responsibility to make sure that the money is spent properly. In any circumstances we can not withhold the money for the jobs we have asked them to do for us.
        At present they are borrowing money to keep us alive but for how long can we survive with out paying them the money for the job.
        May be very soon we will become part of history books as an extinct nation.
        Do we want to live with honour or we want a miserable departure from this world and be remembered as people who did not care?

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