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The government can raise taxes from Al the people who aren't wasting money on shoes to pay for all that extra industry that they want to subsidize. In no way i
by hgsgm 4y ago
The government can raise taxes from Al the people who aren't wasting money on shoes to pay for all that extra industry that they want to subsidize.
In no way is being poorer the solution to not being able to afford things.
- joshuaissac 4y agoPoor countries are generally bad at collecting taxes,[1] and what little is collected is at risk of being pocketed by officials due to higher levels of corruption.[2] Subsidies may also fall afoul of WTO obligations.[3] Besides, Western countries also have anti-dumping regulations that are in practice used to shield domestic industries being damaged by cheaper imports.[4] 1. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2015/04/30/why-isnt-anyone-paying-taxes-in-low-income-countries/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2015/04/30... 2. https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/are-poorer-countries-necessarily-more-corrupt/ https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/are-poorer-countr... 3. https://www.trade.gov/trade-guide-wto-subsidies https://www.trade.gov/trade-guide-wto-subsidies 4. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Ten-Years-of-Anti-dumping-in-the-EU%3A-Economic-and-Davis/5356761c64ca159c890f7d55c22260c69c00d3fa https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Ten-Years-of-Anti-dump...