Communism in Russia must be working well when I looked up an article in your comrade organisation which I thought had closed down the CPA... amazing... but they want to steal private property owners again with a 100% tax rate ..ehh? How clever is that? NOT VERY IMO.
Issue #1811
February 21, 2018
Communists propose nationalisation
A group of Communist Party lawmakers is pushing for a nationalisation drive in a bid to boost the Russian economy and strengthen national security. In a draft document sent to the State Duma and published on the Russian parliament’s website last week, the group describes nationalisation as a forced but compensated confiscation of private property. It says that turning assets over to the federal state would help meet public needs, increase the general effectiveness and social orientation of the national economy, and strengthen Russia’s national security and sovereignty.
The list of assets that would be subject to nationalisation include land plots, mineral deposits, forests, natural bodies of water, and enterprises in strategically important branches of the economy, such as energy, transport and heavy industry.
Other grounds for forced nationalisation include the threat of mass personnel layoffs in companies that control major parts of the economy in a city or a region, the bankruptcy of a strategically important enterprise, a monopoly position of a company, violations committed during privatisation, and the potential threat of strategically important enterprises falling under foreign control.
The bill reads that nationalisation would be applied to any form of private property, including shares in various companies. At the same time, sponsors of the motion acknowledge that nationalisation is an extreme measure that should be applied only on condition of fair compensation to former owners. They emphasise that the nationalisation of property should not become a form of punishment, or even a way to coerce businessmen into fulfilling certain obligations.
Nationalisation has always been a key issue in the political program of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. It was also a cornerstone of the anti-crisis plan presented by party leader Gennady Zyuganov in 2016 as the platform for the parliamentary elections. Back then, Zyuganov said that nationalisation was absolutely essential for increasing budget revenues and preventing the outflow of hard currency from the country.
The presidential program of Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin also lists nationalisation of major enterprises as a key condition for future prosperity. “Our priority will be the prosperity of the general public … we will make Russia’s riches, its natural, industrial and financial resources serve its people; we will nationalise strategically important and systemic industries, the power sector, railways, communications systems and leading banks,” the document reads.
RT – Russia Today
