Leandro Santoro warned that the Bases law is for the rich to be richer, harming the middle class

The deputy of Union for the Homeland, Leandro Santoro, harshly criticized the project Law Bases and the tax package that are being debated tonight in the Congress by stating that “It is to make the rich richer, harming the middle class.”

This Monday night, during the debate at the Chamber of Deputiesthe national legislator for the City He referred to the effect that the megaproject of the ruling party that proposes reforms on regulations that regulate the economic activity, he employment, the retirements and the industry, among other points.

Santoro began his speech by pointing out that “it is absolutely reasonable” that the pro-government deputies “have a complicated argument to defend this project,” given that, as he recalled, “Last year, sitting on a bench, the President of the Republic said that he was capable of cutting off his arm before raising taxes and that is why he voted with us to eliminate profits“However, he stressed that since Milei took office “he has already raised three taxes.”

“Since he has been president he has raised at least three taxes: COUNTRY tax, the tax on liquid fuels and today brings again a labor tax“, which, he said, will affect “more than a million workers.”

Leandro Santoro questioned the reimposition of Profits and the elimination of pension moratoriums and the social monotax

Next, Santoro pointed out that the reimposition of the Income tax has “a single political objective” which is “to balance the loss of what will not be collected due to the decrease in the wealth tax.” The Government seeks to approve tonight the fiscal package that contemplates a reduction in the rate of Personal property.

“To benefit 120 thousand people, they are going to harm more than a million workers”continued the UP deputy and stated that this is an “unfair” law for the middle class, workers and retirees.

Then, he argued the reasons why he defined the Bases law and the fiscal package as unfair. “It is unfair in principle because it is complemented by a reform of the pension system” in which it is promoted “a moratorium for tax evaders at the same time that they take out the pension moratorium”. If approved, the megaproject will stop promoting access to retirement through the payment of late contributions.

In addition, Santoro questioned the promotion of the elimination of fines and debt forgiveness for employers. “It is so unfair that not only do they eliminate the pension moratorium but they also forgive the debt of employers who kept people in the black,” he said.

When listing the benefits for the upper classes, he also highlighted that the entry of undeclared funds into the country will be enabled, while in parallel the social monotax will be eliminated. “For the rich it is money laundering and for the poor the elimination of the social monotax,” he questioned.

“It is not only socially unfair. It is also economically regressive because it consolidates a model of primarization, clearly extractivist,” he criticized, which is why it will allow “the rich become richer, harming the middle class and workers, even SME entrepreneurs.”