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Astrup can eat the cake himself.
DEAF TONE: It is not the property tax that causes people to lose their livelihood, as Local Government and Modernization Minister Nikolai Astrup suggests. Photograph: Bjørn Langsem / Dagbladet
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Let them eat cake, might as well have said. Local Government Minister Nikolai Astrup (H) was at least as deaf as Marie Antoinette should have been when told that the French had no bread to eat. Thursday was the emergency call from the leader of the Oslo city council. At the press conference where Raymond Johansen said that the social closure continues, he made an urgent request to the government to help the business community hit by the crisis in the capital. He got exactly zero audition.
– I would encourage Raymond Johansen to consider what the Oslo City Council itself can do to remedy it, such as alleviating the property tax, was Astrup’s response.
Badly done against Skole-Norge
With this, the minister shows that he does not understand what their work costs people and makes the city lose important companies these days.
Advent is usually This year’s most important source of income for the city’s restaurants, theaters and concert organizers. November and December constitute such an important part of the turnover that it is absolutely crucial for the survivability of the different players. A wide range of services with a diversity of players large and small is what makes life in a city good to live. In Oslo, service industries are also three out of four jobs.
The capital, in accordance with the urgent advice of the national authorities, has introduced stricter restrictions than the national ones. There’s a full drinking stop here, closed theaters, and an event ban.
As Raymond Johansen said at the press conference: “Many of Oslo’s top companies are in danger of disappearing.” For this reason, the request for new measures especially for nightlife and tourism, and especially towards areas with the highest unemployment. The town hall leader’s cry for help deserves an outstretched hand. Astrup’s rejection is incredibly arrogant.
Red-green problems
It is not the property tax which means that people are now losing their livelihood. That is the closing. Restaurants, small shops and those that offer culture to the people are mainly tenants and not owners. The authorities have decided that they cannot operate normally, and then the state must take this seriously and try to remedy the situation.
Astrup is targeting national crisis packages, but the situation is not the same for companies across the country. Being able to serve alcohol until midnight and arrange concerts with 200 people is, after all, a different situation than not being able to do either party. For employees, it’s about being able to put bread on the table. Astrup can eat the cake himself.
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