I read this piece of really thought provoking article here
Enraged Ashwin and his friend started arguing with the waiters and refused to pay the bill, that run up Rs 30,000, until their order was accepted.
This means for some people a night's drinking spree is worth 30,000. This is perhaps many of us earn in a month. Our more unfortunate breathens perhaps see such amount of money in a few months. What i do not understand is that when people of such kind of money to spend, why are we still a developing nation.
What further drew my interest is that one of the comments on this post suggests that a special tax be levied on pubs. A better and more directed approach would be to levy a special tax on drinks bills which is beyond a particular limit. Of course, we indians would have generally found a way around this. For example, 2 bills of lesser amounts. However, i wonder after having drinks of 30,000 bucks, can anybody still have the sanity to pay the bill or even read it clearly?
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