Wealth creators must never be forced to live at the mercy of looters | The Indian Express

Wealth creators must never be forced to live at the mercy of looters | The Indian Express

Written by Tavleen Singh |Updated: October 20, 2019 9:31:24 am

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Wealth creators must never be forced to live at the mercy of looters

Wealth creators must never be forced to live at the mercy of looters. This is something that happens only in bad countries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an election campaign rally in Kharghar, in Maharashtra. (AP Photo)

There are only two kinds of really rich Indians. Wealth creators and looters. The Prime Minister declared his respect for wealth creators in his Independence Day speech this year, acknowledging their vital contribution to his dream of making India a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024. Sadly, he seems not to have noticed how important it is to control the looters if the wealth creators are to create wealth. In the looters category, as the more perceptive of you may have already gathered, I include politicians and officials. Looters by nature are incapable of creating wealth and get rich by looting those who can. On Modi’s watch, tax inspectors have been given the power to arrest those they accuse of hiding loot and they have become more vicious in this pursuit than ever before because the Prime Minister’s crusade on black money has emboldened them.