{"id":5677,"date":"2007-04-23T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2007-04-23T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-23T09:34:00","slug":"where-your-taxes-go-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Where your taxes go: 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.rediff.com\/money\/2007\/apr\/23post.htm\" title=\"Spending thousands to deny Rs 2\">Spending thousands to deny Rs 2<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Posts is prepared to spend thousands of rupees on expensive litigation in the High Court to prevent a 75-year-old pensioner from getting an additional benefit of Rs 2 as part of his pension.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sigh. And how ironic that every time this gentleman buys something, he is contributing to the thousands of rupees spent to deny him his Rs 2. Such it goes.<\/p>\n<p>(Link via email from <a href=\"http:\/\/kunal.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"Kunal\">Kunal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Where your taxes go: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-1.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-2.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-3.html\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-4.html\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-5_10.html\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-6.html\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-7.html\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-8.html\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-9.html\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-10.html\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-11.html\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/where-your-taxes-go.html\">12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/where-your-taxes-go-13.html\">13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/where-your-taxes-go-14.html\" title=\"Taxes!\">14<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-15\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">15<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-16\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">16<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-17\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">17<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-18\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">18<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-19\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">19<\/a>. Also see: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/government-money-is-our-money.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/sania-mirza-wants-your-money.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/tax-relief-for-amitabh-bachchan.html\" title=\"Tax relief for Amitabh Bachchan\">3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My essays on taxes and government: <a href=\"\/taxes-in-india-your-maid-funds-unani\/\" title=\"Your maid funds Unani&#8212;Amit Varma\">Your maid funds Unani<\/a>, <a href=\"\/a-beast-called-government\/\" title=\"A beast called government&#8212;Amit Varma\">A beast called government<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.rediff.com\/money\/2007\/apr\/23post.htm\" title=\"Spending thousands to deny Rs 2\">Spending thousands to deny Rs 2<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Posts is prepared to spend thousands of rupees on expensive litigation in the High Court to prevent a 75-year-old pensioner from getting an additional benefit of Rs 2 as part of his pension.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sigh. And how ironic that every time this gentleman buys something, he is contributing to the thousands of rupees spent to deny him his Rs 2. Such it goes.<\/p>\n<p>(Link via email from <a href=\"http:\/\/kunal.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"Kunal\">Kunal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Where your taxes go: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-1.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-2.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-3.html\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-4.html\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-5_10.html\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-6.html\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-7.html\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-8.html\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-9.html\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-10.html\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-11.html\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/where-your-taxes-go.html\">12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/where-your-taxes-go-13.html\">13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/where-your-taxes-go-14.html\" title=\"Taxes!\">14<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-15\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">15<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-16\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">16<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-17\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">17<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-18\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">18<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-19\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">19<\/a>. Also see: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/government-money-is-our-money.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/sania-mirza-wants-your-money.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/tax-relief-for-amitabh-bachchan.html\" title=\"Tax relief for Amitabh Bachchan\">3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My essays on taxes and government: <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/taxes-in-india-your-maid-funds-unani\/\" title=\"Your maid funds Unani&#8212;Amit Varma\">Your maid funds Unani<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/a-beast-called-government\/\" title=\"A beast called government&#8212;Amit Varma\">A beast called government<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,3,24,28],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where your taxes go: 20 - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-20\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where your taxes go: 20 - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spending thousands to deny Rs 2: The Department of Posts is prepared to spend thousands of rupees on expensive litigation in the High Court to prevent a 75-year-old pensioner from getting an additional benefit of Rs 2 as part of his pension. 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