Holliemon’s “I’ll explain why so many people are complaining about the tax hike” – Why the controversy over Holliemon’s “pro-tax hike” statement?

On October 12, businessman Takafumi Horie, a.k.a. “Holliemon,” posted a video on his YouTube channel.

I’m going to explain the tax hike, since people are always complaining about it.

(1919), an entrepreneur, posted a video on his YouTube channel on October 12 titled, “All the people are complaining about the tax hike. The video was a bitter rebuke to the general public who are opposed to the tax hike.

But to be honest, everyone is dancing around the ostensible invoice and such, and saying, “Cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes.

I have the opportunity to talk with finance bureaucrats, and I would like to summarize what I have learned from these discussions.

I would like to summarize what I have learned from these discussions.

In the first place, households that suffer from high prices pay almost no taxes,” he said.

In the first place, households that suffer from high prices pay almost no taxes,” he said.

If the price of a 100-yen item goes up to 110 yen, it may seem like they are paying a lot of money, but a person who spends only 200,000 yen a month pays only 20,000 yen in taxes. A person who spends 10 million yen a month does not pay 1 million yen. If you want to take from the rich, it is better to raise the consumption tax, actually.”

He argued.

There seemed to be quite a lot of opposition to this theory on social networking sites. Few people would accept the theory that it is better to still raise the consumption tax when wages are not rising and prices are suffering from high inflation. Past data clearly shows that a consumption tax hike would cool the economy.

You say that you have been talking to the finance bureaucrats. The Ministry of Finance has a system whereby they get promoted if they succeed in raising taxes, and they visit politicians and persuade them on a daily basis. The economist Takuro Morinaga is so critical that he has published a book titled “Zaim Shinrikyō” (Zaim Truth).

On the other hand, some believe that there may be another reason why Horie is so pro-hike.

Mr. Horie is the founder and director of Interstellar, a rocket venture company, and is focusing his efforts on the launch of the observation rocket “MOMO.

Interstellar’s website says the following.

We are pleased to announce that on September 29, 2023, Interstellar was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for the Small and Medium Business Innovation Research Promotion Project (SBIR Phase 3), which promotes research and development by startups, etc. The maximum grant amount for the Phase 1 project period, which ends September 30, 2024, is 2 billion yen.

In addition, Interstellar has also been commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for the “Research and Development Project for Space Industrial Technology Information Infrastructure” and received a huge amount of research consignment fees from 2003 to 2008.

Some people think that because the rocket business is subsidized, Interstellar is making positive statements to the government. .” (National newspaper reporter)

It is often said that “money gathers where the rich are,” but will Hollimon’s “tax hike” really be accepted by the public? ……