The sportscar has a base price of over $200,000, going up to almost $300,000 or between Rs32 million and Rs48 million. A system upgrade was required because, as things stood, the tax department couldn’t register a car worth more than Rs100 million. This single car is worth enough to set up a small school or medical facility, or a small business or community farm. The rich are free to enjoy their wealth, but such concentrations of wealth represent the failures of both the state and society. French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has apocryphally been quoted as saying, “When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich.” The ever-widening income inequality makes us wonder how far we are from the day those words come true.

Source: The Express Tribune October 30, 2020 08:03 UTC