PPD Senator Guido Girardi called on Tuesday to stop delivering drip aid and to do, in a good time, “as much as possible and not the least acceptable.”
According to the parliamentarian, this “maximum possible” is a universal basic income of 500 thousand pesos per family and triple aid to SMEs, from US$ 1 billion to 3 billion for which the tax burden (from 20 to 25% of GDP) must be increased by 5 points by means of taxing the super-rich, a royalty “smart for science” and increasing green taxes.
“The Government must end drip aid because they fail in the face of the scale of the crisis and all it does is lengthen the pandemic and more people die and suffer the consequences,” he said.
“The opposition will not be guided by what the Government raises, but – according to social and citizen organizations – we propose an agenda to resolve the three issues identified: a universal basic income of 500 thousand pesos per family for the duration of the pandemic; Substantive support of $3 billion, three times what the government raises, to rehabilitate SMEs and a tax deal where those with more pay more,” he added.
For Girardi, “what the Executive raises is insufficient and we hope that they will open up to stop protecting the interests of the most powerful, those who have enriched themselves in this pandemic and, once and for all, generate minimums of equality.”
Girardi stated that “tax reform is required that ends the exemptions, prevents elusions and evasions, but at the same time makes those who earn the most pay more.”
“You can’t set aside the tax on the super-rich, you have to have a smart royalty for science and increase green taxes or carbon levies from $5 per tonne of CO2 to $30 or $50. As well as raising taxes on alcohol, tobacco, stamped foods, because they not only collect, but also lower the tax burden and cost that the country must pay in health,” he added.
“In Chile there are resources, the problem that are in very few hands. About $300 billion is made by 1% of this country, with a contribution from that sector a very important part of this crisis would be financed,” he said.
