Prime Minister António Costa continues to face criticism from the opposition, which accuses him of raising taxes for the 2024 state budget (OE). Analysis depends on point of view. On the one hand, the manager calculates the IRS cuts; on the other, especially the one on the right, he calculates what to increase. Despite the disagreements, on this Monday, the first day of discussion of the OE, the vote on which will take place as a whole on Tuesday, there was even time to exchange words… “love”.
During his speech, the Prime Minister accused the SDP of treating the demise of the IRS as a “summer love” “buried in sand”. The answer then appeared remotely, in the online publication of the SDP president. “This was not summer love and our tax proposal is not buried,” Luis Montenegro wrote in response to the chief executive. “Antonio Costa and his obsession with breaking records while collecting taxes is the love of his life,” the Orange leader said.
In the Assembly of the Republic, the Liberal Initiative also joined in the romanticism, declaring that António Costa “is a kind of winter time, because he always postpones the clock of development.”
But it was Costa who brought one of the opposition’s main weapons to the debate. “The opposition wants to scare the Portuguese” by talking about “sky-high growth” at the IUC, he said.
Andre Ventura from Chega responded with numbers. “25 euros in four years is an increase of 400%,” said the deputy. Ventura reiterated that the budget is “the biggest fiscal scam” because the executive branch “always uses the same trick: first take, take, take, and then give something,” he concluded.
Mariana Mortagua from the UK confirmed that the IUC measure is “socially wrong” and suggested the government should “start with luxury resorts and planes”.
The government claims that there are no restrictions on rents, but this Monday António Costa again guaranteed that government assistance in this area will reach families at IRS level 6, with an effort rate of 35%.
Marcelo accepts defense offer
The President of the Republic said this Monday that the budget was created “for defense and not to take excessive risks” and that it was impossible to “do something different” from what was presented. During an official visit to Moldova, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza admitted that this was a “possible” proposal, but he saw scope for specialty work in some areas such as IUC, despite a moment of “great political instability and economic uncertainty.” “
The President of the Republic said this Monday that the budget was created “for defense and not to take excessive risks” and that it was impossible to “do something different” from what was presented. During an official visit to Moldova, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza admitted that this was a “possible” proposal, but he saw scope for specialty work in some areas such as IUC, despite a moment of “great political instability and economic uncertainty.” “
The opposition criticized the arson of the house on social networks
Author: Diogo Carreira
Source: CM Jornal
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