{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"U.S. Taxpayers Help Create Seven Pakistani Billionaires","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article41478.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article41478.html'\u003EU.S. Taxpayers Help Create Seven Pakistani Billionaires\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Carnegie Endowment\u2019s September 2010, policy brief, less than three million of Pakistan\u2019s 175 million citizens pay any income taxes.  Tax avoidance in Pakistan is almost a national sport.  Those who do pay taxes do so at rates substantially lower than in the United States.  As a result, Pakistan reportedly has at least seven billionaires and thousands of millionaires (the last count being 7,593).  Despite this, the U.S. Government continues to shower Pakistan with military, (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}