This Wednesday, the PS accused the PSD of initiating a debate on fiscal policy 20 days before the presentation of the 2024 state budget, believing that the discussion was just “another stage in the soundbite race” to the right.
At the final stage of the parliamentary debate organized by the PSD on the topic “Tax Cuts”, at which the government was not present, the vice-president of the PS panel, Jamila Madeira, emphasized that “20 days remain” for the publication of the state budget proposal for 2024, which will be presented on 10 October.
“Twenty days during which the SDP declares the urgency of starting a debate on taxes, but in practice, surprisingly, it comes to discussing only proposals that, like the state budget for 2024, are proposed to come into force only from January 1. 2024,” he noted.
According to the Socialist MP, the debate organized this Wednesday by the PSD, “instead of promoting a serious and constructive debate in the interests of the country and Portuguese women, is limited to just another stage in the race of “sound bytes” between right-wing parties. “.
“It was the SDP who came to the elections [legislativas de janeiro de 2022] saying that he would rather ease tax breaks for companies than ease work taxes for the middle class, and therefore he cannot now say what is said by what is not said,” he said, adding that “for the SDP cutting the IRS has never been a priority.”
“Portugal’s tax burden is lower than the European average and Portugal has become the fourth most responsive country in the OECD to support the most vulnerable families. This government budget will also continue to provide those answers, whether or not that debate is forthcoming. in 20 days or not,” he concluded.
In a request for clarification, BE parliamentary leader Pedro Filipe Soares pressed the question he asked the prime minister on Tuesday about whether workers earning the national minimum wage will start paying the IRS in 2024 or not.
In her response, Jamilah Madeira stated that “the results of PS in the area of tax incentives speak for themselves” as well as in the development of the national minimum wage, adding that the government, presenting its proposal [do Orçamento do Estado]“Based on our history of caring about protecting those who are most vulnerable, we will continue to worry about this.”
The socialist also rejected “the cultivation of ghosts and attempts to put people in a state of alarm.”
As for the PSD, MP Alexandre Simões accused the government of “severe financial gluttony” which is “fatally affecting the middle class”, and SDS leader Alexandre Posu warned about the number of young emigration, insisting on the PSD proposal for a maximum rate of 15% to be levied on young people up to 35 years.
“We have not come to terms with the fact that the country must offer its youth two great nightmares: low wages and lack of housing,” he lamented.
Regarding Chega, MP Bruno Nunez said that the PSD will be called “the orange trailer because they are always behind” and believes that Social Democratic MPs should have made a speech this Wednesday in the debate with the Prime Minister on Tuesday-Friday to parliament.
Both the SDP and Chega regretted that the government was not present in the debate, which also included initiatives presented by Chega, BE, PCP, PAN and Livre.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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