
Increasing the tax burden won’t fix SA
Increasing the tax burden on South Africans, no matter how rich, will not help grow South Africa’s wealth. If anything, it will only shrink our growth prospects.
Increasing the tax burden on South Africans, no matter how rich, will not help grow South Africa’s wealth. If anything, it will only shrink our growth prospects.
A big difference between a government’s treasury and its central bank is that there is no clear need for the central bank to exist.
Profit-making companies don’t care about votes. They care about payment.
Protectionist, and what the government terms ‘localisation,’ policies hurt consumers and coddle industry.
Modern Monetary Theorists (MMTers) use lots of technical jargon to conceal the asininity of their proposal.
Without sufficient industry expertise, the FSCA risks making regulatory decisions that are either ineffective or counterproductive.
If you dramatically raise the costs and regulatory burden of hiring domestic workers, and somehow enforce such a foolish notion, households will stop hiring domestic workers.
David Ansara was featured in Business Day on the FMF’s call for austerity in the 2024 medium-term budget policy statement.
Martin van Staden was featured in Business Day on the FMF’s demands for the medium-term budget policy statement.
Why should a private company, charity, or institution be denied participating in an enterprise that the government so far monopolises?