The government launched this Monday (4) a package to help debtors get rid of the worst. The main objective of which is electoral and does not reach the causes of the fact that so many people are stuck in debt, especially in revolving credit, the worst of them. For those who owe money, of course.
Lula shows clear signs of not recognizing what the main problem is. The same one, in fact, who didn’t let the bonus for those earning up to five thousand turn into an electoral silver bullet. Family income is clearly not enough.
Yes, inflation has not exploded, but for low-income people everything is very expensive. It’s even worse for those who pay their day-to-day expenses for next month. The are suffocating. Interest for which the government’s fiscal policy has enormous responsibility. Without Lula deigning to recognize such a basic fact.
On the contrary, he slipped into moral categories by insinuating, in an improvisation, that those in debt themselves do not know how to behave, and by pushing for – an addiction – a large part of the causes of excessive indebtedness and consequent high defaults.
For those suffocating in debt, any relief is welcome, but how long does it last? Until it’s time to charge for another trip to the credit provider?
Lula’s horizon is exclusively that of October, that of the elections. His program aims to free the candidate for re-election from a situation of high disapproval, popularity that has not left a dangerous level for years and a general atmosphere of tiredness and discouragement. It is very likely that he will have to look for yet another silver bullet.
