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A study of the Smart Citizenship Foundation, together with the international organization Oxfam, revealed that with the money that companies evade taxes, I know could acquire more than 275 thousand mechanical fans, hired 180 thousand doctors in a year, bought 275 thousand mechanical fans and 130 field hospitals.
The general coordinator of Smart Citizenship, Auska ovandopointed out that “the health and social crisis has more urgency to rethink the development model and how the economy works in Latin America“.
“Dataigualdad.com allows us to see in a simple way how the unfair tax systems of our region are depriving of their rights to millions of people who today need a State stronger than ever“he added.
The second edition of the Data Igualdad study also revealed that the richest people in Chile “they only actually pay 6% of their income in taxes, when they should pay 35%. The initiative reflects that with all the money people evaded in income taxes, more than 69 thousand mechanical fans could have been purchased, more than 27 million basic food baskets and installed 33 field hospitals“.
Pablo Rivero, Oxfam Regional Officer for Inequality, Policy and Narratives, explained that “Before the pandemic, Latin America and the Caribbean were already showing worrying economic signs and growing social discontent“.
“Recovery from the crisis must be fair and avoid past mistakes, governments must distribute the burden of the crisis on those who have the most and increase social protection programs in favor of the most affected people“added the representative.
