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Indigenous peoples Regulation Consultation

by Edgar Gutiérrez
elPeriódico (10 Tues 11)

Since the early nineties of last century, liberal economists my friends told me how to give sustainability to fiscal policy was to broaden the base tax. That is, the thousands and thousands of traders that are not taxed (so-called "informal"), were recorded in what is now known as the SAT, with their rates.

At that time I said that I thought well, since it is a necessary step in building a modern state, especially because people who apparently is not taxed to the State if "tribute" to the Mafia (sometimes represented as a state). This is how you strengthen and multiply the parallel structures and mafia networks that now frighten us, to the point of leaving us without viability as a country in the local community and, by extension, the community of civilizations century. Friends

Other economists, Keynesians, argued however, since then, that the tax system (I say, also tax) was regressive and therefore had to make the most won, pay proportionately more. As a principle I am aligned with this thesis.

But I agreed with liberal friends, which seemed more practical, but above all for an implied condition and not assumed as a political task from the other side, that of the Keynesians: we must broaden the base of societies civil society in the sense that Marx spoke: the society of capital.

must return capitalist society and that can only be done through a thorough reform. I am convinced that the best alliance of prosperous capitalism in this country are indigenous peoples. I do not understand what they see as a problem, and not as a solution.
Arévalo and Arbenz tried
to the reform, including land reform, but is frustrated. Two generations later, the CIA, who coordinated the operation of sabotage, asked an independent historian, Nicholas Cullather, tell them what went wrong with Arbenz, and this they said in their report with a quote from a Department official State, he interviewed in 1981: "What I'd give to have an Arbenz now. We'll have to invent one, but all candidates are dead. "

Reform is an issue that has been present in military and civilian leaders from the sixties, but they do, either because of poor strategy or excessive personal interests or group in the gain of the reform.