Kyi May Kaung's comment on Taxation in Burma report mentioned in Irrawaddy magazine --

left on Irrawaddy site --

9-1-2010

I wrote the forward for this Report by Dr. Sean Turnell and Dr. Alison Vicarey.

It contains nothing but The Truth.

Everyone should read it.

It shows how the junta is squeezing the farmers with "taxation," most of it arbitrary and based on whim of military government/officers. In other words, they do what they like.

"Taxed to death" would be a good description.

Other researchers, including Dr. Nancy Hudson Rodd and U Sein Htay, have also documented similar situations where farmers are losing their land "as in the 1930s" Dr Turnell has noted.

The 1930 situation brought on by the decline in rice prices due to the world wide Great Depression led to the Saya San Revolution.

The British colonial government called it a "rebellion" and it was suppressed by Madras sepoys.

Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)