“A government exacts various taxes from the citizens which the citizens are able to pay by their different material activities: agriculture, trade and industry; thus the government can also exact taxes in the form of income tax and sales tax. This is compared to the sun drawing water from the earth. When there is again need of water on the surface of the globe, the same sunshine converts the water into clouds and distributes it all over the globe. Similarly, the taxes collected by the government must be distributed to the people again, as educational work, public work, sanitary work, etc. This is very essential for a good government.”
Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Germany rakes in record tax income | TheLocal.de
Published: 27 Jan 12 15:23 CET — December saw the biggest tax haul in German history, it was reported Friday – but the recent revenue boom is slowing down.
Germany’s long resilience to the eurozone economic crisis appears to be wearing down, even though the Finance Ministry reported a record tax income of €71 billion (USD 94 billion) in December 2011 – a 4.1 percent increase on the same month the year before.
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Prabhupadavision.com | Angry Mother – Australia: Well sure my heart goes out to all those god-brothers and -sisters of mine who still hold a candle for Prabhavishnu but I will not think good of him ever again. For years I battled on washing dishes, cleaning nappies and cooking for my husband as he worked his butt off and gave so much of it to Prabhavishnu. How much did we do for him over the years I cannot imagine! How much we went without because guru Maharaja needed money for his service in Katmandu or to build his house in Vṛndāvan or his preaching in Russia when we needed money for our family! How many times did I buy secondhand stuff for us all because gurudev needed more money?
