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"Merely by reducing the rich to destitution does not make the poor richer. The old communist theory of ‘tax the rich and feed the poor’ has long been discarded. It is the creed of the envious. It only makes the ‘haves’ join the ‘have nots’ and thus turns society into one utopian classless society where all are equal in penury’s well. It sucks out the driving motivation of all mankind: self interest, self improvement. No wonder that the Prime Minister’s uncle, President J.R. Jayewardene, removed capital gains taxes from the general tax framework as one of his last acts in office in 1987. For twenty nine years it has been the case. So who is the secret economic new red goblin who has ill advised the prime minister to resurrect the old socialist vampire and allow the phantom to suck the life blood of the capitalist order and render it moribund?".