Opposition leader says personal income tax in Spain can drop if government would steal less
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain’s main opposition People’s Party (PP), has promised to cut personal income tax from the first year of a future PP government.
He and staked his political future on the pledge, declaring he would resign as prime minister if Spaniards end up paying as much tax as they do under the current Socialist administration...
In unusually blunt language, Feijóo told the audience that there is “margin” to reduce taxes and improve services “if superfluous spending is eliminated and nobody steals within the government”.
If governments rake in significantly more money than it costs to run the machinery of government then what do we call it?
If the welfare state becomes so bloated and unaffordable that heavy taxes drive people and businesses away, then we need blunt language to describe what is going on. If politicians don't even know where all the money goes, then we also need blunt language to describe the consequent lack of democratic accountability.
Blunt language is not abuse, but serious problems with the machinery of government have to be described in terms harsh and accurate enough to make political points worth making.
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