“We have a week when we are not talking about the problems of many, but about the interests of 2,000 families. This is happening in Greece,” commented his spokesman. PASOK, Dimitris Manzosin his televised appearance on Action 24.

At the same time, she asked her press secretary New Republic, Akis Sherzo, to publicly state the government’s position on taxing energy supplier windfalls: “Have you issued a ministerial decision to tax energy supplier windfalls? The answer is no. We have a week when we are not talking about the problems of many, but about the interests of 2,000 families. This is happening in Greece. For one week there is a New Democracy group that sets the agenda on websites, in newspapers and in all information. So, we are not talking about taxes on entrepreneurship, profitability, productive growth. We are talking about windfall profits, about parental benefits associated with the private property of some wealthy families, and about dividends that go into the pockets of high dividend holders, ”explained a PASOK spokesman.

Turning again to Mr. Shertsos, he emphasized: “You, for example. you criticize us for child support. Do you know how many children will be born? Make an uncertain demographic projection on our own program.

And he continued: “And because you’ve been looking for a whole week”martyrs“in PASOK I also found it”forgetfulWhy did you personally, when you partnered with the editor-in-chief of the PASOK program in 2009, when we said exactly the same thing that Kathimerini says today, to control tax evasion and achieve tax fairness and a fair distribution of weights, then you supported it. And finally, you are the “witness” who shows us who the ND works for, whom it expresses and cares about. You are the “witness” of Mr. Scherzo!”

On dividendsin particular, he explained: “The scalar progressive taxation of dividends means up to 50,000 euros 5%, which apply today and are the lowest in Europe. From there, everything that exceeds 50,000 – and only that – with 10%. And it exceeds 100,000 euros with 15%. And I wonder how many of us expect to receive dividends of more than 100,000 euros at the end of the year? Do you know what is the difference in the taxation of dividends up to 100,000 euros? 1000 euros! That’s why the economy will drop out of the thousand according to Mr. Shertsos. Our proposal is both effective and socially fair.”

“We are asked about all this by the party, which has been running a blue brochure on television for so many days, and everyone gives any estimate that comes to his mind. We are asked about all this by a party that has been pursuing a supposedly philanthropic policy all these years, refusing the welfare state, just with passes, which are financed by the arrears of the Greek people through indirect taxes. Why didn’t they reduce indirect taxation at the source and switch to election passes only? “New Democracy” talks about tax policy, while yesterday’s “Kathimerini” shows the opposite: we offer what the whole of Europe applies and what the OECD recommends in our country.

PASOK is talking about the policy of raising taxes, and in our program we are talking about reducing taxes on wage labor, increasing the tax-free allowance for families with children, reducing indirect taxation,” Dimitris Manzos emphasized and, addressing Mr. Schertzos, continued: ” Are you the faction that wants to rule tomorrow morning How; You name ten different numbers for your program You say you will raise wages in the private sector by 25% in four years How will you do this with the commitments you as a government have made before the European Commission with a new Financial Stability Pact, with the anemic forecasts made by the European Commission for the development of our country, and without the regulation of the labor market through collective agreements?

Asked then about cost of the PASOK programDimitris Manzos noted:

“Evaluation of measures is an exercise that, as we said, we want the State Budget Office to carry out in Parliament. “New Democracy” has been playing with the people’s intellect for so many days, giving scattered figures where they cannot be. And they themselves prove it. The program has not one number, but many indicators of cost and social impact assessment. The coster must calculate how much each measure that has a fiscal footprint costs and what social benefits it produces: whether jobs are created, whether the transformation of the economy in the direction of development is encouraged, and whether inequality is reduced. This is a qualitative assessment that requires a lot of effort.”

Refer, no, to comparison table with taxation of dividends in Europe and he pointed out: “Since you said it hurts competitiveness and discourages investment, I see a map where all investment-driven Western Europe has very high dividend rates. We are talking about 10-15% scalability. And you call it a tax avoidance policy? Do you want to make us Romania? Say it. Low wages, tax breaks for the rich. Is this your plan?

Finally, we invite you to comment on them polls Over the past few hours, a PASOK-Movement for Change spokesman has assessed that “the message of the ballot box is that the country must acquire a credible, truly progressive, strong opposition and an alternative proposal to run the country. It’s good that the programming dialog has opened. We welcome this, we wanted this, and this did not happen before May 21. It is enough that the discussion takes place without fake news, without the methods of Trumpism. on equal terms, with seriousness, sobriety, reliability from all. Citizens can only win by listening to program positions, evaluating, comparing and voting with full awareness and responsibility for their future. If anything can change in this place, let’s show it with our vote on June 25th, solidifying a genuine progressive alternative for our country.”

With information from APE-MPE