FMF NEWSLETTER 18 MAY 2017

May 18, 2017

Free Market Foundation

FMF NEWSLETTER 18 MAY 2017

EDITORIAL

Dear friend of the FMF

This week’s feature article serves as a primer for Tax Freedom Day 2017; what it means, how it is calculated and the implications thereof. Garth Ziestman provides an in-depth look at the facts and figures behind this year’s Tax Freedom Day, as well its history and what the date tells us about the government’s reach into our lives. Garth also supplies a glimpse into what we get from the government in exchange for giving them our hard-earned money.

FEATURE article

Countdown to Tax Freedom Day 2017 – GARTH ZIETSMAN

When will Tax Freedom Day 2017 fall? Watch this space!

Tax Freedom Day is the day after South Africans have worked enough days in the year to earn as much as they need to pay their taxes. Heads up: Tax Freedom Day 2017 is equal to being the second worst in South African history.

Tax Freedom Day is calculated by dividing general government revenue by GDP for a calendar year, applying this fraction to the number of days in a year, and adding a day. General government revenues and GDP at market prices were obtained from the Reserve Bank Quarterly.

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WORTH reading

Minimum benefits review should not be dependent on NHI
#Datafacts campaign fights nationalization of information technology in South Africa
South Africa cripples private health insurance policies

FMF in the media

Media release ANC Conference must adopt real radical economic transformation – not more of the same paternal statism
Media digest MARCH 2017 for all media coverage

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Patrick Bracher – Excluding the poor via healthcare demarcation regulations
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