How not to 'mobilize' the Country
last Friday, Dec. 8, 2010
Vision, José Carlos de Vasconcelos
spirit of solidarity, patriotism and / or ethical sense, as not "yield" can not compete with the omnipotent "markets "
The State Budget (OE) has a very extensive series of measures to penalize particularly the poorest, those who are unemployed or living alone, already struggling with their work, the middle class. Thus, even in a society with tremendous injustice and inequality as ours, could not cross the minds of anyone not raise taxes on capital income, profits, dividends, particularly big companies that amount to millions and million. And that's what OE does.
Current practice, normal is the distribution of dividends a year take place the following year, after adopting the report and accounts. Except that, compared to that new standard, some large companies, including PT, resolved to anticipate it for December, to escape new taxation. I believe that the Government was not making this happen, and in this case neither was inattention or incompetence that are the basis of many blunders policies, laws, etc.. Known that intention, whether or Sócrates Teixeira dos Santos, was not error, was convinced that this would not come, appealing to anticipatory, his spirit of solidarity, patriotism and / or ethical sense - things like not " yield ", have a very low price and can not compete with the almighty" market. " Leaving even implicit, if I have understood, that such appeals resulted not solve the issue in Parliament, by legal means anticipating the anticipatory, through a law similar content to that given in OE.
However, he did not, was that the PCP had a project with that goal. Except that, after all, the government objected to him, to make faith in what the media reported the project because in addition to having "technical problems" would undermine the fiscal stability and the presence of foreign investors in our economy. However, for the alleged "technical problems" solution would be proposed within the parliamentary group of the PS itself, and for the rest, to take the plea that the Government relies, then the argument "proves more. "Because it would have that effect in December, in January will not let him have - and higher taxation should not be included in OE!
also heard advocated or suggested that there would be anticipatory of firms, and shareholders who will receive such the millions, a sort of legitimately protected expectation that these new rules could take effect already, but only in January. That is, the expectations, these statements certainly legitimate, they would not even consider the case of wages, which will be reduced, but would be so much the tax rates on dividends ...
This indeed seemed to be one of the "arguments" of a deputado do PS, Vítor Batista, num programa da RTP2 que por mero acaso vi. Como me pareceu, no meio da confusão das suas palavras, ter sustentado que a mudança de taxa nem é muito importante, porque dela não resultaria ou não resultará grande acréscimo de receita para o Estado O que de novo "prova de mais": se é assim e traz aqueles graves problemas, porque está no OE?.
Enfim, Sócrates e Teixeira dos Santos saem mal deste processo. Tal como o líder parlamentar do PS, Francisco Assis, que considero um dos mais consistentes dirigentes socialistas, mas neste caso não soube ou não pôde explicar as razões do voto do seu grupo, para impor o qual ameaçou com a demissão. And the main gravity of it all is what it represents, to the symbolic level - in addition to evidence of at least absence of such a spirit of solidarity, though, stress is, fortunately anticipatory companies are the exception. In fact, at a time when it becomes essential to mobilize all the energies of the country for the big fight ahead of us, and cheer, courage, those who suffer most from the crisis, which swells is that the widespread idea that moment of truth is the power strong, if not ruthless, with the weak and weak with the strong - and the wrongs do not cease to grow. There could be Christmas without
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