Cde Mzu A week or two weeks ago, you sent a block containing discussion and the reaction from an ultra- right winger about Tutu's call for a once off wealth tax. Professor Pierre de Vos surprised the country by publicly endorsing the call. I did not know who was De Vos, the only thing that I heard from this circulation was a tirade on him for his controversial judgments. Yesterday, interface on SABC 3 screened an interview of de Vos and Advocate Anton Alberts from the FF+. de Vos affirmed that Tax on wealth should be introduced, on the other hand, advocate Albert opposed that notion. These two gentlemen were very urbane in the articulation of their respective positions. De vos, somewhat sissy, but very elaborate and forthright in his arguments' I was impressed. Firstly, he argued that apartheid created inequalities that continued to have impact even in the post 1994 epoch. Reparation is an ideal means to have social cohesion, he argues. Remarkably, in his arguments he cited the case of East and West Germany. After the dismantling of the Berlin wall and the emergence of a united Dutchelande, Germans in the West were far better off than their eastern counterparts. Consequently, a 5.5 tax levy is imposed on the former western Germans due to their benefits that systemically prejudiced the easterners. Advocate Albert attempted to save the day, he relied on the 28 000 Afrikaners that lost their lives during anglo-boer war, de Vos rebutted that flimsy excuse. He pointed out that Afrikaners had 50 active years of affirmative action. I don't know about the other side of de Vos, what I do know now is that he supports us. Europeans have robbed us our resources.
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