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Socialists suggest guaranteed work for Hungarians?
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Finance Minister Mihály Varga, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, opposition Socialists and LMP and other left-wing parties and organisations marked Labour Day on Saturday.
Varga said on Facebook that labour undisputably deserves to be respected. At the same time, he slammed left-wing parties for trying to gain profit from a “fake promise” of an unconditional basic income. He said the left-wing parties failed to mention that in order to generate the resources necessary, states would have to increase taxes and reduce family allowances. “What’s even worse, they would be forced to take out loans, which would result in a sky-rocketing public debt,” he added.
“On Labour Day, it is worth stating once again that Hungary is making progress because of work and not because of unemployment,” he said.
The number of jobholders increased from 3.7 million to 4.5 million in ten years, Varga said, adding that “this is why we will continue with an economic policy based on job protection and creation”.
In a Facebook post, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said it was mandatory to build a country where better living circumstances are not the privilege of a few and where the state focuses on the demands of 99 percent of its citizens rather than the private interests of a privileged 1 percent.
We all know the promises of the “left”.
PROMISE EVERYTHING, DELIVER MISERY.
Wages increases to encourage people to stay in Hungary. It’s still abysmal what the minimum wage is and we know that prices are on the rise. If they’re prepared to abolish the PIT for under 25’s, then obviously there’s a budget allocated for that. Obviously the right has ‘selective budgets’ for their election campaign. You want people to stay? Then pay more. It’s no good publishing the gross, it’s the net everyone looks at, that’s what they take home.