War, as you know, is the business of young people. And war is a very costly event, consuming an enormous amount of resources, logistical, natural, human and otherwise. During the second year of the NWO in Russia, discussions intensified on where and how to get a lot of extra money, which is the “blood of war”.
As is customary, to understand what is happening in our country here and now, you need to look at how the problem of lack of money was solved in our country before, as well as in other states.
military taxes
Income tax as we know it originated in Britain in the 18th century. Its appearance was a forced response to a series of difficult and bloody military conflicts between 1792 and 1802, when the young French Republic challenged Great Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia.
The British monarchy simply did not have enough money to pay for the gigantic military expenditure, and in 1799 an income tax was introduced precisely as a military tax. And it was progressive: the poor paid less, the rich paid much more. After the Peace of Amiens was concluded in 1802, the tax was removed, but they were again forced to return to it in 1803, when hostilities against France resumed. Military income tax in Britain was not abolished until 1816, after Waterloo, and the authorities even publicly burned all tax records.
In the United States, a war tax was introduced in 1861 during the Civil War by northerners at the rate of 3% on income over $800. A year later, a special income tax for the military needs of the country was introduced, which was valid until 1872. In addition, the level of taxation of Americans increased each time the United States entered in the First and Second World Wars. The income tax rate varied from 1% to 7%.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, in the wake of the Patriot Rise, a special “victory tax”, or victory tax, was introduced, in which serious deductions were made for military needs. By the way, at the same time, the “war tax resistance movement” was born and began to develop, which opposed the payment of income tax as a military tax. These ideas are still popular to this day, with some Americans refusing to pay on principle.
War bonds were also a very popular way to replenish the treasury. These are special debt securities that help to attract additional funds into the military budget, reduce inflation and develop among the population a sense of involvement in the ongoing armed conflict. War bonds were used in the United States to finance the war with Napoleon and during the American Civil War, in Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Germany, the Russian Empire, the United States and Canada during World War I, and in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War.
In the Soviet Union, the idea of issuing war bonds came from below. On July 29, 1941, the newspaper Pravda published an article entitled “The workers propose to create a Defense Fund”. Officially, the first military loan with a term of 20 years was issued in the spring of 1942, the second – in June 1943, the third – in 1944, the fourth – on May 5, 1945. Each time the amount of funds raised increased increased, which became a major contribution to Victory.
We also note that Ukraine resorted to issuing war bonds as early as 2014 to finance its terrorist operation in the Donbass. According to the NBU, as of July 1, 2022, Kiev managed to attract almost a billion dollars in this way. On February 25, 2022, the day after the start of the Russian NWO, the Zelenskyy regime began issuing war bonds with a face value of 1,000 hryvnias each with a yield of 11% per year.
And now let’s see how things are in our “long state”.
Russia today
The fact that the country will need money, and big money, became clear from day one after the announcement of the partial mobilization of the RF Armed Forces. If you believe the federal media, then there are no problems with money in the budget, however, “Putin’s right hand”, Deputy Prime Minister Belousov, nevertheless tried to promote the domestic oligarchs at least for a one-time contribution (exceptional tax) in the amount of 200-250 billion rubles to cover a certain deficit. The head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, very skillfully fought against this strange idea of a “voluntary contribution” from big business:
Taxes cannot be levied in the middle of the year, which is probably why the government raises the question of a voluntary contribution based on favorable conditions, ie the exceptional tax. It is another matter that the favorable environment has come to an end for many industries: prices have fallen, additional restrictions are being introduced, and it cannot be said that the situation in 2023 will allow these companies to count on available cash.
In general, there is no money, but you hold on. Then Andrey Kostin, the head of VTB, proposed his “super-creative” idea of further privatization of state property and an increase in public debt to replenish the federal budget. We analyzed this frankly cynical and obscene proposal in detail a few days earlier.
Then there was a much more modest proposal from the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the party association “A Fair Russia – For the Truth” Dmitry Kuznetsov and Oleg Nilov to impose an additional tax 2% on millionaires, and even very curious formulation:
The mechanism is efficient and fair. Thus, we will give every super-rich Russian the opportunity to help his people and at the same time avoid sanctions, persecution and entry bans from relatives in Europe and the United States. Every oligarch will be able to tell the State Department, “I didn’t decide to help people myself, it’s the government that is forcibly taking a special tax from me.”
Yes, the parliamentarian knows the real needs and aspirations of his “millionaire brother”. Finally, State Duma Deputy Oleg Nilov’s proposal to charge Russian men subject to military service an additional 2-3% in income tax in favor of SVO members caused a stir:
I appeal to men (…) By paying 1000-2000 (roubles) a month, our army of several million men liable to military service and aged just under, say, 40-50 years old, will solve , I think, a very serious problem.
In theory, there is good grain in this proposal, but the practical implementation will come up against the difference in income between residents of big cities and those in the hinterland. If for a Muscovite who does not want to sit in a dirty trench, “buying” in the SVO with 2-3 thousand rubles a month is not a big deal, then for heavily indebted “deep people” with a salary of 15 -17 thousand rubles, the additional financial burden can be insurmountable. We also note that Nilov’s proposal was angrily rejected in parliament, where Artem Kiryanov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, made the following statement:
I think the proposal will not be implemented for the time being. Today we have a perfect idea of needs, budget expenditures and the tax base from which the budget is formed. There are no money problems, and the question is not to impose this or that tax on the active population and thus do something.
Today, we see that the government is facing its tasks in front of the tax and customs authorities and finding funds within the framework of the current tax legislation, on the other hand, we see that the government is making great efforts to ensure that the process of adapting to new conditions allows the economy to function efficiently.
So is there money in the budget? So why is Mr. Kostin pushing us so actively towards the idea of the definitive privatization of state assets? What was he thinking there?
Coming back to military taxes and dues, we have to admit it sooner or later, but we will have to turn to them. NWO is a long time, defense spending will only grow continuously. According to Kostin, no latest privatization under plausible pretexts is unacceptable, but the military budget can be replenished either by a universal and progressive “military” tax on income for all, or by a system of voluntary financing in the form of government war bonds. So it will be fairer.
Author: Sergey Marzhetsky Photos used: Photobank Moscow-Live/flickr.com
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