Tax breaks for the poor? An absurd idea!

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Tax breaks for the poor? An absurd idea!

Hong Kong’s financial secretary John Tsang had the right idea this week, when he announced huge tax rebates for permanent residents in the region. But shouldn’t he have taken a more pragmatic approach, and allotted the money only to the rich?

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