Monterrey, NL “The flat tax is not new. Its implementation in the emerging economies of former Soviet bloc support its use by encouraging the contribution of taxes to the development and discourage tax evasion. That is the goal of the Secretary of Finance Agustin Carstens, Chicago Boy par excellence and former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund. It is obvious that Carstens has a strong influence of the IMF and the University of Chicago. A recent study by the financial institution said that the flat tax has succeeded in reducing tax evasion and collection has increased, in a virtuous cycle of public investment in Russia. Countries that have successfully implemented this new tax, as well as Russia which adopted since 2001, are Slovakia, Romania, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Serbia and Ukraine and soon will be Poland and the Czech Republic. For his part, Richard Epstein, professor of law at the University of Chicago, where he studied our Secretary of Treasury notes that “It is not coincidence that the great defenders of limited government lean toward the flat tax.

” It will be recalled liberal capitalism rests on three bases as the transverse-Limited Government by the Constitution, “the free market and private institutions strong, generating wealth. Another advantage of the initiative is to attack Carstens tax evasion in the informal economy to tax monthly deposits of more than 20-thousand dollars in various accounts together or single. This simple measure will increase tax revenues in a country where most of the economically active population and on its behalf, skips the duty to contribute to our country. Many are financed with the taxes themselves and others simply do not pay. As we see, the teacher Carstens plucked from this new proposal that has already proven to be good in emerging economies such as Russia and left behind the recommendation of the IMF itself to tax food and medicine which, incidentally, the private sector complains Mexico. The call of the Republic is to pay tax, to discourage tax evasion and thus invest in Mexico. Now the Government need to lose weight and stop wasteful spending back as interest payments to banks for the big heist of Fobaproa. Petty cash …

The discussion of tax reform misnamed “the respectable expected something more spectacular, will take weeks. It is a fact that on September 8, when it comes to discussion on public spending for 2008, the opinion is ready to put to the consideration of Members. If you look, dear reader, are just a few days the end of June, the discussion would be in August and September, by October, we will have a green light to the proposal and expenditure 2008. No waiting to the last day of December to get laws written on his knees in all our interests in this country. Times are in line to support the little theater of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on July 2 that will start to insult and rant to tire and tire until the end of the month. Bearer a Do you know which is the Forum? asked Northern citizens who answer with 70 percent who did not. implement if they have three years criticizing the event and even then have been spread!