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President Jair Bolsonaro was right to defend the maintenance of the salary bonus (a kind of salary 14) for formal workers who receive up to two minimum wages, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday (28). At an event for entrepreneurs in the steel industry, he declared that the president’s resistance to eliminating the profit is “natural” and stems from political instinct.
“It’s natural that when you start discussing targeting programs, someone comes in and says, ‘Look, take the salary allocation and put it there.’ This was even discussed in the PT government, the very [ex-presidente] Dilma [Rousseff] He proposed this, this consolidation of programs. And when he imagines this, then the president reacts naturally, with political instinct, and says, ‘Wait, take it from the poor and give it to the poorest?’ “Said the minister.
Guedes informed that the elimination of the salary bonus was only one of the possibilities under study and that the economic team took other suggestions for proposals to finance Renda Brasil, which are being analyzed by the Planalto Palace. “The salary of 75% of Brazilians who are in the CLT [Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho] is below 1.5 minimum wages, so [acabar com abono] It really means removing the Brazilian worker base and passing it on to the unemployed, who are even worse, ”he declared. “But that was one of the possibilities that was being examined.”
The elimination of the salary bonus was being studied by the economic team to provide resources to Renda Brasil, a new income distribution program under discussion by the government. Last Wednesday (26), Bolsonaro announced, on a trip to Minas Gerais, that he made the decision to suspend the creation of Renda Brasil after meeting with Guedes.
“We cannot do that there, since, for example, the issue of allowances for those who earn up to two minimum wages, would be a fourteenth salary. We cannot remove 12 million people to give to a Bolsa Família, to a Renda Brasil, whatever the name of this new program, “he added, speaking at the ceremony of reactivation of blast furnace 1 of Usiminas,” declared the president at that moment.
Industry
The Minister of Economy also spoke about the prospects for the industry. According to Guedes, the high dollar and low interest rates will help the industrial sector recover in 2021. In addition to the economic conditions, he reiterated the promise of measures to liberalize the economy, such as tax cuts through tax reforms and changes In the economy. legislation.
“The industry can look forward to next year with strong exchange rates, low interest rates, lower taxes with the tax reform,” he said. Among the measures that should reduce logistics costs and increase the competitiveness of the Brazilian product, he cited the reform of the cabotage navigation law and the liberalization of the energy market, which should lower the price of electricity and fuel.
