Loacker: “The government has to start with itself, hold the governors accountable and simply take less money from the people.”
Vienna (OTS) – “The federal government has artificially fueled prices with its watering can policy in recent months. Now she would have to resolutely step on the inflation brake herself – but instead she is sending the money in circles,” says NEOS economic and social spokesman Gerald Loacker after today’s Council of Ministers. “The state and federal government could have lowered the prices of the state energy suppliers, the fees and the rents for municipal and state apartments long ago. Now there is absolutely no guarantee that skimming off the excess profits will ultimately relieve even a single customer financially. The proceeds from skimming off profits must not seep away into the federal or state budgets!”
“Reduce taxes – Take less from people.”
According to Loacker, the government is not attacking the second major area in the fight against the income gap. “The state must stop taking half of people’s hard-earned money through taxes, then people will be able to afford life much more easily again. Without tax cuts, everything else is long-term for the fish.”
And thirdly, the limits of economic policy and interventions in the market should finally be drawn and a targeted social policy pursued. “This could be reflected in a negative green electricity flat rate – i.e. a tax credit – for households with particularly low incomes,” says Loacker. “The time for excuses for the ÖVP and the Greens is finally over – if the government wants to fight and curb inflation honestly, it has to start with itself and hold the provincial governors accountable.”
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