Why must we pay taxes?

a. It is quite open that most politicians, at least those holding public office, having been constitutionally and morally pledge bound to preserve and protect public interest, turn into 'millionaires' from 'commoners' soon after assuming public office. Even their henchmen make fortune overnight out of nothing. Now, will the FM honestly say how do they do so and how much tax do they pay?

b. The Hon'ble Finance Minister supposedly knows the names of officers and employees, even such petty ones as 'inspectors' and 'meter-readers', of various ministries, who own fabulous assets both fixed and liquid in this capital. How could they acquire such wealth under the very nose of the administration and how much tax did they pay to the public exchequer?

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c. It is known to all that crores of taka are wasted by way of loss and mismanagement or simply pilfered every year in various departments. Those responsible for such colossal loss and pilferage have seldom been brought to justice or the money recovered. Why? Whose money was that?

d. Billions in foreign exchange is pumped into our economy every year by way of loan, grant, aid etc, 75% of which -- as a previous survey revealed -- is regularly plundered midway allegedly by those in power or position. But the burden of the loan is left to be borne by the unfortunate 'public'. The government is never known to have taken any step either to penalise those thugs or to recover the money thus plundered. Why and for what interest?

e. We, the common citizens, pay taxes of various kinds to get the services we lawfully deserve and expect from various government agencies and departments. But everywhere we have either to pay bribes or suffer harassments to get things done. Even our life and property are not safe nowadays, not to mention our basic civic and human rights. We are not safe even in our jobs or vocations. Will the hon'ble minister say who pays for the luxury the ministers, the MPs and the bureaucrats enjoy? Does the Finance Minister want to say that we are liable to pay the penalty of having been born in this country?

f. A question to the so-called donors also. Why are you so much interested to give 'aid' to this country when you know this country is infested with those politicians and bureaucrats who have placed it at the top of the list of the most corrupt nations? Aren't you running the risk of being accomplices?

It is hoped that we, the common people, will be favoured with satisfactory answers.