ReThink Interview: Philippe Diaz — How Taxes Should Be

On 11/18/09, I interviewed Philippe Diaz, the writer/director/cinematographer of the new documentary, THE END OF POVERTY?, at Cinema Libre Studio in Canoga Park, CA. The film traces modern poverty back to 1492 when Europe began an aggressive and brutal expansion into the southern hemisphere, taking the land of the indigenous people and transforming their diversified natural economies into monocultures designed to supply the countries of the north with cheap raw materials. Even after these countries were granted their independence, high-interest loans, debt, and unfair trade policies effectively kept them slaves.

In this clip, Diaz explains how taxes have been shifted to the poor and how to make them more equitable.

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[Intransitman]

He's contradicting him self. Yes we do consume to much, so we should be taxed more on negative things like junk food & gasoline. Even idle land, that is kept as nature space is a good thing.

[Intransitman]

Tax policy can be a strange thing, I own property but I am by no means rich. Though if you want to tax what people burn and not what they earn, then that can make things cleaner too.