PSOE to call for zero tax for pensioners, jobseekers and low-income workers with children
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 @ 9:21 AM
SOCIALIST politicians will propose at today's (Tuesday's) two-day Parliamentary congress that pensioners, the unemployed and workers earning less than 16,000 euros a year and who have children are exempt from paying income tax.
Vice-secretary general of the national PSOE party, Elena Valenciano says at the great debate about the state of the nation in Parliament, she will call for 'those who have little money' to not have to pay taxes, whilst 'those who are very wealthy' pay much more.
“We know that there are people out there who have a lot of money and are not paying the tax they should be,” Valenciano said.
She made this announcement whilst visiting a school in Alaquàs (Valencia province) where a group of parents had staged a lock-in to protest over the regional PP government's plans to make teachers redundant and cut class groups in the three provinces of the Comunidad Valenciana.
Additionally, United Left president Cayo Lara says he has planned some scathing responses for when – not if, he says – head of State Mariano Rajoy (PP) 'defends' his cabinet's reforms and funding cuts by claiming the economy is improving as a result.
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