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  "path": "/business/ask-the-tax-whiz-cut-or-fix-system-empower-middle-class/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T09:30:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The global experience is clear: cutting VAT without fixing compliance and administration weakens revenues without delivering proportional economic benefit",
  "title": "[Ask the Tax Whiz] Should we cut taxes – or fix the system – to truly empower the middle class?"
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