Tamil Nadu's Robin Hood hikes taxes

A financially destructive populist culture of giving voters freebies in TN has left the state with massive bills. The solution? Tax the middle and upper class. Middle- and upper-middle class people brace yourselves. Tamil Nadu’s Robin Hood, aka Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has ensured that all the essential ingredients of your life—from your morning coffee to your bus ride to work—is going to get a lot more expensive,. Depleted coffers, spiraling inflation and high fuel prices has forced Jayalalithaa to bite the bullet and increase prices of essential commodities in the state.

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