2023-10-11 04:00:00
RTL info is mobilizing this week to help you fight once morest the decline in purchasing power. Among the numerous reports, we also asked concrete questions to experts and the political world. This time, it’s DéFI’s turn to propose its solutions.
What commitment are you making to improve, if you are elected, the purchasing power of Belgians?
For us, there is only one real solution, and that is real tax reform. A reform which allows anyone below the poverty line (around €1,300) not to pay a single euro in tax. A tax reform which also allows middle-income earners to be paid much better for their own work. We would go from 4 to 6 tax brackets. We would have a much fairer system, we would eliminate a series of tax loopholes, we would fight once morest major fraud and serious crime to bring in money. Every Belgian and every citizen must be able to make a much better living from their own work.
What is THE measure that you will not let go of once you sit at the negotiating table?
Reducing taxes on low and middle incomes. This is essential given the injustice and complexity of our system. And this heavy, unfair taxation is the first employment trap.
What is your measure to reduce inflation in Belgium?
To fight once morest inflation, we must understand its causes (overall increase in production costs, lasting increase in prices, excessive creation of money, etc.). In Belgium, we have limited resources. We must turn to the European level. The ECB has chosen (just like the FED [réserve fédérale] American) to increase interest rates in order to limit credit spending and turn more towards savings. However, raising rates is not enough to reduce inflation. It must necessarily be combined with other targeted measures. It is precisely on these targeted measures that the government can and must act. A tax policy (tax reduction, exemption from the poverty threshold, social shield, etc.) for low and possibly middle incomes is essential.
Economically and even socially, it makes no sense to grant an untargeted reduction that will also benefit the wealthiest people.
If you are in a government, will your party return to automatic salary indexation?
No. We believe that automatic indexation is a valuable instrument that protects citizens once morest inflation. We are not closed to limiting indexing. Above a gross annual amount to be determined, this mechanism would no longer apply, but would continue to protect the weakest.
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