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© Thomson Reuters 2022.Japan's junior coalition partner signals tax hike to fund defense spending
By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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plasticmonkey
which will sink the economy.
dagon
That is one factor although this cohort paid in vast sums into these social welfare programs during the gogo Bubble era.
Maybe decades of wasteful LDP crony construction spending with bridges to nowhere, pandemic Olympics and memorials for a fallen kleptocrat also may have had something to do with the debt?
Cricky
Can’t afford it don’t buy it, pretty simple. But the LDP you know spend, spend.
Kabukilover
This not defense. This is an excuse for the LDP to make more money for the military-industrial complex at our expense. More military spending not going to make us safer.
smithinjapan
Great! So, more taxes to fund the military while social services, food, and everything else continue to go up, and while rages remain stagnant and no new immigration is happening or children being born. Hmmmm... looks, ummm...
fxgai
There you go!
Komeito has a chance to finally redeem themselves.
JTC
Cut out the Middle-men (scalpers / bribery artists)
introduce "Compliance" driven oversight in Government finances that can be openly accessed by the Public.
Tackle the influence of overseas bodies upon local decision making
Come down hard on Corporate corruption
Update Government Technology governance
Get rid of Fax machines
The list could go on pretty much forever...