Government studies bank substitute program for Bolsa Família that does not pay debts | National newspaper

It was a meeting with six ministers and more than 20 parliamentarians. The government hoped to present the tax reform plan, but the issue was the creation of a new social program instead of Bolsa Família.

The government leader in the Chamber, Deputy Ricardo Barros, who coordinated the meetings in recent days, said that negotiations on the tax reform continue, but that the project will only be released when the government has enough guaranteed votes. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said the government is looking for solutions

“We have our proposal practically ready and now it is politics that gives the time. Two very serious problems are being addressed. The principles that you have heard here and they are comforting. First, we will respect the ceiling, fiscal sustainability, Brazil is a serious country, Brazil behaves within fiscal responsibility, ”said Guedes.

But the issue that the government wanted to highlight was another matter. President Jair Bolsonaro, who prohibited speaking about Renda Brasil, participated on Monday (28) in the announcement of Renta Ciudadana.

“To attend to those who are now known as invisible, because Brazil, according to the doctrine, Paulo Guedes’ orientation has to return to normality as soon as possible. We seek resources with fiscal responsibility and respecting the roof law, which we want to demonstrate to society, to the investor, that Brazil is a trustworthy country, “said President Bolsonaro.

The government’s idea is to finance the new program with two sources: Fundeb funds, created to finance basic education, and with part of the money that the government set aside to pay the precarious, government debts recognized by the courts.

“Brazil has R $ 55 billion in the budget to pay for the precaution and we will use, and it will be in the report that I present this week, the limit of 2% of current net income, which is more or less what the states already do. . and municipalities. In addition, when Fundeb was created and expanded, the proposal is that up to 5% of the new Fundeb resource is also used to help these families who will be in the program to keep their children in school, ”said Senator Márcio Bittar ( MDB / AC), deputy leader of the government in Congress and PEC rapporteur on the pact and federal budget.

The leaders announced the Citizen Rent, but did not answer questions from reporters. The program was not detailed. How much will each receive? How will the transfer be? But what little they reported on the arrangement to fund the program has already sparked reactions.

The financial market reacted badly. The dollar rose and the stock market fell.

In a social network, the Minister of the Federal Court of Accounts, Bruno Dantas, questioned: “Can a constitutional amendment take money from Fundeb to mask a change in the ceiling? Yes, but why object? Taking 5% to finance another program is strictly the same as inserting another exception in paragraph 6 of art. 107. Why not do it outdoors? ”

Senator Flávio Arns de Pode, who was Fundeb’s rapporteur, said that social promotion policies, in any country in the world, are fundamental, but with social assistance resources.

Economist Marcos Lisboa believes that the use of precaution money creates a worrying shortcut.

“In that way, that’s a trick, right? You will increase the debt only this time with the precautions, which are obligations that the government has to pay and he says, ‘OK, I have this obligation and I will not pay it today and I will pay it later.’ Basically, this is debt, ”he said.

The director of the Independent Fiscal Institute, Felipe Salto, says that this government arrangement has a default.

“It is a bad measure, it is at the limit of what would be considered a default or not, in practice this expense is pushed forward, which is why a lot of uncertainty is generated, that is why the market is reacting so badly, correctly. And also, it seems that the bet on the roof is a bit for the English to see. They want to maintain the spending ceiling, but mechanisms are used that actually represent not cutting a penny from public spending, “he said.