President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said on Tuesday, 1, that it is necessary to reduce the privileges of some to give to others. “No one is wanting to take anything out of anyone. We just want to reduce the privileges of some to give the others a little right. That’s all we want,” the petista said at the launch ceremony of Plan 2025/2026 at the Planalto Palace.
In the speech, Lula criticized what he called the “lobby industry”. “We wanted to tax these bets, these fintechs, I don’t know, this thing that you can no longer watch television, because it is so much bet that you no longer know where to bet,” he complained. He said that there are those who rebel by saying that there is increased taxes, but denied that the government is raising the tax burden.
“It is not an increase in tax. If you are sincere with your conscience, you will realize that this government’s tax burden today is smaller than it was in 2011,” he said.
He added: “What we are doing is not to try to increase tax, is to try to make a fairer and more correct taxation.”
Lula also criticized the exemption of the payroll of 17 economic sectors. “The change of what?” And praised his Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad: “Few countries of the world have a Finance Minister with the seriousness that Haddad has. This country had very few.”
Following, the former Minister of Economics accused Paulo Guedes of making “bravata” and said no one charged fiscal stability in the past government. “Why did no one charge the fulfillment of the spending ceiling? That was possibly the most irresponsible moment in this country,” he asked.
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In the same speech, Lula said that there is a “rebellion” of the richest because of the compensation of the Bill (PL) of income tax exemption (IR) for those who earn up to $ 5,000 per month.
