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Sun May 19 18:51:57 SAST 2013

How is loss of R25bn progress? iLIVE

Use tax properly: iLIVE

Adele, Raumarais Park | 15 January, 2013 00:08
President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home. File photo
Image by: THEMBINKOSI DWAYISA

I object to paying tax to a government that does not account to me for the money. I specifically object to paying for e-tolling, SAA and Nkandla.

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The law says a citizen must pay tax. The law also says the government must account for the money paid to it for use in uplifting South Africans.

When I can trust that my tax is used for the purpose it is paid, and know that it is paid for priorities such as education and health, then I will happily pay a "wealth tax".

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