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SP boss Christian Levrat wants a solidarity fund for the corona effects.
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Those who earn more than 300,000 should co-finance the fund through taxes.
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The purpose of the fund is to alleviate the effects of the corona pandemic.
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The SP had succeeded in “fending off the irresponsible tax reduction plans of the rich,” said Levrat.
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The party leader of the SP Christian Levrat (49) intends to ask the rich to checkout for the coronavirus effects. “The crisis should pay for those who made profits in the crisis,” the politician said “Daily scoreboard.”
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“We want to create a fund that is amassed by a solidarity tax,” said Levrat. Only people who have a taxable income of over CHF 300,000 should be charged, he emphasized. The higher-income earners are supposed to pay a 10 percent surcharge on the federal tax for a certain time, it said. “Most are solidary enough to agree,” the politician is convinced.
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Inheritance tax from 10 million
On top of that, his party wanted to bring the tax on inheritances over CHF 10 million back on the table, Levrat emphasized. However, all measures should be taken for a limited time, he continued. The politician warned that the increase in “contributions to social security, the EO, the ALV or the health insurance funds” was a “no-go” for the SP. Levrat does not fear that the rich will emigrate abroad. “The situation there will not be any better,” said the incumbent SP party president.
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Levrat does not accept the objection that the SP is politically untrustworthy because it has always tackled the debt brake, from which Switzerland is currently benefiting greatly. “The federal government’s good financial position is not due to technocratic rules,” he said. Rather, it can be attributed to the fact that in the past few years the SP had been able to “fend off the irresponsible tax reduction plans of the rich,” said the politician. (SDA)
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