MPs and economists criticize the imposition of taxes and austerity in the budget of 2017

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Economy News / Baghdad ...

Criticized by a number of MPs and economists, on Monday, the imposition of taxes and the austerity policy pursued by the government in the budget of 2017, pointing out that the simple citizen and the employee is the only one affected by the current budget.

A member of the parliamentary Economic Committee Najiba Najib in a press statement, that "the budget does not meet the needs of the citizens of appointments and reduce poverty and provide services."

Najib added that "the budget passed the interests of the majority, there is no consensus or take into account all the components," asserting that "there Gabbana Kurdish component, which is deprived of financial allocations, whether those related to peshmerga or salaried employees."

In turn, the economist said Majid picture, "The austerity is one of the natural things in the light of the circumstances experienced by Iraq, but that these things need to be prudent fiscal management and the fight against financial corruption strict control on spending and imports, and without it, this austerity is an injustice to the Iraqi people ".

He expressed mock surprise at the "pressure on the citizens in all fields in time of need and austerity, while receding well-being on the staff and the top layer of them in times of prosperity," adding that "there is profuse in salaries for Graduate degrees of staff and services offered to them."

For his part, President of the Economic Media Centre lion Muhammad Ali, "The budget is built on the foundations of unrealistic it did not take into estimates of the Iraqi oil deal with OPEC, in addition to that is an extension of the budgets of consumer does not serve the development, but deducted from the livelihood of the poor directly under the national headlines to reduce the aspects of the objection. "

He added that "the state officials of the degree of general manager and above still enjoy full previous privileges of paying the state a major leases for housed and treated at state expense, while focusing pressure on the groups with lower income and are caught of living without moral controls."

Referred to the House of Representatives voted in its evening, which was held on Sunday (4 December 2016), most of the federal budget for the fiscal year materials in 2017, which guarantees each taxing charging mobile phones and Internet networks, as well as airline tickets cards, as well as deducting a percentage 3.8% of the salaries of employees and retirees.


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