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View all search resultsThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), along with the Jakarta administration, plans to offer courses to train civil servants and their spouses in how to live a more modest lifestyle, following recent instances of public officials parading their extravagant lives despite their wealth not matching their official incomes.
At a time when many people are becoming increasingly skeptical that Internet activism matters and can bring about positive changes, the seemingly organic online mobilization to expose the extravagant lifestyles of public officials has given a glimmer of hope that not all is lost with the democratic potential of social media.
If the government imposes a wealth tax of just 2 percent on these HNWIs it could collect additional revenue of Rp 40.38 trillion, a sum more than enough to fund the Family Hope poverty alleviation program in 2020 (Rp 37.4 trillion).
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