The economist is a mouthpiece for the WEF. It gives some clues as to what they are planning next:
And all those suggested tax rises will mainly hit the middle class which invest their wealth in real estate but not the super-rich or multinationals. Brilliant!
Take from it what you want, I won't comment on the WEF mouthpiece part:
A new world order seeks to prioritise security and climate change. This piece directly criticizes the "New World Order".
It's interesting though that you quote an excerpt which feature exactly the kind of taxes that will not just hit the middle-class:
1. VAT is often considered one of the most "fair" taxes as it is a tax on consumption, consuming more means paying more VAT.
2. Carbon tax is also a consumption tax if implemented right.
3.Tax on posh houses will not hit the middle-class.
The reason why it is so hard to tax multinationals and "super-rich" is simply because they are nimble and able to move anywhere they want. A person earning 50K per year is also able to do this, but most people don't as emigrating is costly and can be hard on your kids.
Then you have companies like Shell who would have to cut their fat dividends if taxed "properly" and it would subsequently mean pension coverage rates in The Netherlands would drop a few percentage points. Everywhere in the world are incentives to not cut taxes on multinationals that indirectly also benefit the middle-class.
Having people pay the real price of what they consume is in the end not a crazy WEF evil idea, it is only fair really (yet I will still try to avoid it if possible).
Lastly, you can also take this news as a cue to move to the Carribean or an Asian territorial tax haven, or Panama or Costa Rica etc. I for one might leave the EU over the next 3 years given the poisonous combination of:
1. Increasing taxes.
2. Decreasing benefits.
3. (Very) overpriced housing (in some parts).
4. Woke politics that get on your nerve daily.
5. Corruption and graft to the extent that you won't feel the difference in a country ranked lower on the "index".
6. Capital cities that have been taken over by multinationals, franchises and the same stupid stores, sapping at authenticity and healthy food.
7. Bloodhounds at the tax office.
8. Wokeys that buy second-hand clothing but also all sorts of products that have been crafted over the backs of 2$ per hour workers in Asia telling you what a egoistical ******** you are while laying out their next line of Colombian marching powder.
9. Often needing to have "the right opinion" or accepting the risk of being slandered over your opinion. Your company can die because you made a racist remark at a cocktail party. A banking executive was fired for making a racist joke at a company party when drunk.
10. Surveillance state antics not dissimilar to China only set to increase over the coming years to implement above policies.
