Government Insists on More Taxes Instead of Cutting Costs

Once again, tax targets are at risk — and attempting to cover fraud are made at the cost of the contribution Advertisements of the economic team come and go, but two standards unfortunately remain. First, the public accounts remain unbalanced, keeping the emphasis on unsustainable trajectory. Second, the government of President Luis Inácio Lula of Silva continues to increase taxes to try to balance them. In the country with one of the world's bi…

"If the government were to raise excise taxes in the name of public health, all alcoholic beverages would be taxed," warns Anita Lozar of the Pelicon brewery.

Acknowledging the reality has a price. And, recognizing today the fact that the tax effort it makes is not enough to balance the accounts, the price paid by the government has increased the tax burden. There is, yes, realism in today's announcement of blockage and concentration of verbs. It has been quite overdue. There is realism by the government to recognize that receipts given as true have been frustrated. What the government said today is t…