The President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, responded to the Pit-Cnt president, Marcelo Abdala, after pointing out that the tax cut announced by the government “It doesn’t mean anything to the 70% of the population that earn less than $70,000.”
“It is not true, that they justify it. It is somewhat strange, because first they said that there was no need to cut taxes and now they say that it is insufficient. Let them decide. What lies behind is something systematic. We go to one side and they hit us, we go to another and they hit us. It is an unconscious, automatic reaction“He assured this Monday at a press conference.
“Think about a police officer, a teacher, a health official who has to pay personal income tax, rent, now they are going to pay less or they are not going to pay at all. Go tell them that it is a measure that is not worth it. It is also money that will be in the neighborhood, it will go back to the store to pay the bills, it will not go to buy treasury bonds or go on vacation to Miami,” he said.
“We are calm because we committed to it and we complied with it. It is understandable because these two taxes were created by the Broad Front. We prefer money in the pockets of Uruguayans, we want the State to do things well, not to waste and that will generate a virtuous circle“, finished.
On the morning of this Monday, the president of the Pit-Cnt, Marcelo Abdala, pointed out that the government made a “big racket with ads that have little flavor” with a statement “that means nothing to the 70% of the population that earns less than $50,000”.
“An announcement is made, which we do not criticize because it is good that part of the personal income tax be returned to the workers but before they changed the personal income tax formula and then they kept 2% of the payment with debit cards“He added at a press conference.
“They raised taxes, through another way. Not adding anything but changing the calculation formulas or not giving something to people that was given before. With the reduction of the IASS they benefit the highest retirements. They say that there is underfunding of the social security system and now they add something that makes it more difficult to finance the BPS. In the end, it’s a pretty big treat for a little bit,” he said.
