Fierce criticism of Mitsotakis announcements to TIF exercised Nikos Pappasin an interview with the “Red” radio station, underlining the social inequalities produced by the horizontal tax relief of New Democracy. And highlighting the large “holes” of the government plan, such as in the treatment of accuracy (by not reducing VAT on food and medicines and not reducing energy costs, etc.), housing and demographic issue.

“Mr Mitsotakis fought a very tough ideological battle, with the horizontal reduction of income tax rates that favors much more. He said there will be no benefits, there will be no state that will guarantee the roof, health, education. There will be a state that will continue to get what it gets from VAT – VAT revenue has reached $ 14 billion to 2020 to $ 26 billion today – and will reduce taxes. What taxes, though? Income tax and even horizontal, “the SYRIZA-Progressive Parliamentary Spokesman noted.

Subsequently analyzing the upcoming results of Mitsotakis’ announcements, he underlined: “The man who has an income of up to 20,000 euros earns a 20,000 per month. The one at 100,000 earns 350 euros. At 500,000 it earns 1,000 euros and at 900,000 earns 4,000 euros a month. In order to favor the low -paid 20 euros, one must be favored by the one who is close to million to 4,000 euros per month. This is the size of injustice. ” He recalled that “the SYRIZA tax program, which went to the State General Accounting Office, was costly and fiscally neutral, was simply changing the weight mixture, reducing taxes to low incomes and increasing taxes to large.”

As he said, in his interview, the government plan “leaves the mixture of indirect taxes that fall on the backs of low income” intact. ” Pointing out as huge absences from Mr Mitsotakis’ speech that ND:

• “It does not touch the VAT of Food and Drugs, and there is a relevant European directive that we have brought to Parliament, and the country is in danger of referring to the European Court of Justice and a fine.”

• “It does nothing for dividends, which will continue to be taxed only at 5%, and mainly for incomes of more than 100,000 euros.”

At the same time, he accused the ND government. That it has no policy for energy, nor for the roof, nor for demographic. As he pointed out: “He cannot withstand the public dialogue that 30 or 40 euros a month will make a couple have a child.” Regarding the roof, he said that the relevant programs are inadequate and that rental subsidies simply “subsidize high prices instead of pushing them down”.

The SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance MP B3 of the South Sector of Athens made a special reference to the high surpluses: “Last year Mr Mitsotakis had promised a surplus of 5 billion euros and eventually collected $ 11.5 billion in the seven-month period this year and had € 7.5 billion? From the surpluses, it only returns to 1.7 billion, mainly for the benefit of the rich. ” The rest, he said, “are led to repayment of the loans of the first Memorandum, which have a 1.5%interest rate, while Greece is borrowing 3.5%today, depriving valuable resources from the Greek economy.” To continue: “Imagine what this money would mean to go to a giant roof program. Reduction of home costs, support for new families, and even rejuvenation in the construction industry. Instead, the government deprives society resources and sacrifices them in a voluntary repayment of loans, “he said.

In closing, Nikos Pappas noted: “We have a harsh ideological battle ahead of us, which the Left and Progressive lineup is called upon to bring. A battle for a state that will guarantee basic rights and support the weak, rather than perpetuating inequalities. “