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"The self-employed must take matters into their own hands. It is now or never."
"My dream is that the self-employed will not be type B, will not be afraid of being sick, will not be afraid of being thrown into the street if they go bankrupt."
Adv. Roi Cohen, the No. 2 candidate on the Knesset swing list, has toured extensively among the self-employed in recent months. He understands that now is the time to act.
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Adv. Roi Cohen
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 17:58
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Martin Luther King had a dream come true.
I also have a dream.
And this dream comes true when I see each and every one of the independents in the State of Israel.
My dream is the dream of us all.
A dream that the self-employed will no longer be second-class citizens, will not be afraid of being sick.
A dream that the self-employed would not be afraid to be thrown into the street if they went bankrupt.
A dream that the self-employed will not be afraid of the municipality or income tax or VAT or social security. Or the calls from the bank clerk.
In the last 20 years we have witnessed a constant trend struggle against small and self-employed businesses in Israel. 20 years in which we experience every social burden in the country Israel, 20 years in which 50,000 families collapse every year as a result of the decrees and the burden of regulation on them and this year following the Corona crisis we will reach 100,000 businesses closed.In the
State of Israel today live 600,000 self-employed and business owners who together with their families constitute two million citizens. Who daily pay the price of the government's inaction in the fight against the corona virus, extort money from them, that they have no balance of terror that will stand up to the decision-makers, who say today - so far.
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Paying to the state and receiving nothing (Photo: Reuven Castro)
We tried in good spirits through the organizations and unions.
Infinite meetings, discussions, position papers, appearances in the Knesset and the government - I can not ignore the fact that in some areas we have managed to lead to achievements and compensation to prevent the injury but at the same time we are aware of the fact that it is a drop in the ocean.
And if you thought the situation was bad today, I tell you from now on - if we do not take our fate into our own hands, the situation will be even worse, be it now or never.
The forthcoming elections will be extremely fateful for the self-employed and small businesses in light of the fact that the Treasury has only recently published data that Israel is facing a deficit of NIS 160 billion following the Corona crisis.
The State of Israel is on the road to an economic catastrophe, the deep deficit in the 2021 budget will force the next government to raise taxes The question is asked out loud: Who will pay this deficit?
The poor?
They have nowhere to pay anyway.
The rich?
In any case, they are not touched because they prefer to be encouraged so that they can stay and invest in the country.
The only ones who are going to absorb the entire NIS 160 billion deficit are us, the self-employed and the small and medium-sized businesses.
The true middle class of the State of Israel.
Remember, next June, a new government, NIS 160 billion deficit.
That means: more VAT. More income tax, more Social Security, more health tax, more property tax, more fees and levies. More regulation and bureaucracy, less services and welfare, more privatization and everything will fall on the backs of the business sector. The decrees will come in June 2021 And we will have it solely on us, on the business sector, on the self-employed.
Duties yes, rights no
Yes, yes one has to admit it.
Employees have the Histadrut.
Try to touch the shekel from an employee's salary and the next day there will be a general strike in the economy.
But getting into the pocket of the self-employed is possible in an instant.
Today we are faced with the decision of whether we take the challenge and face it with all our might.
Or are we continuing for more years of surrender and an attempt to achieve a small technical victory here and there.
The choice is solely in our hands.
We do not want favors.
Do not want gestures - want a real, long-term solution that will allow us to live and earn a decent living from our business.
For the past year I have been touring all over the country, demonstrating in the streets and meeting self-employed people who are falling apart, collapsing, shouting their pain into the sky.
Roy, it's hard for us, they say, the corona crisis has crushed us.
There is no compensation for inventories, rentals, property taxes, hard times, wars, recessions - it's all on our backs and we have no father and mother upstairs who can think for a moment what Lord of the world we are going through.
And I look at them in the white of my eyes, and remain speechless: in what country in the world have you encountered the phenomenon that people pay all their debts and are last in line when it comes to their rights?
Where is justice and where is the logic?
How is it possible that a person is afraid of being sick because he knows that the state will not stand by him in the moment of truth?
How can a person live in a country when he knows that if he has a global medical and economic crisis - neither the bank, nor the authorities, nor the creditors nor any body in the country will stand by him?
How can there be a situation where people will live in a country that explicitly tells them when you succeed - we love you and take from you.
But when you close because the state has shut you down - you do not interest us.
Duties yes, rights no.
Looks into the whites of the eyes and is left speechless.
Roi Cohen during a tour of Herzliya (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Is there a plan for the day after the corona, is there planning, is there a date for opening the economy, is there any national plan that looks at small and medium-sized businesses and understands that they are the most important engine for advancing the economy? In words yes, in deeds no.
It is quite clear that people have a traditional vote. It is quite clear that people are still thinking about Iran, Hamas, Palestinians, Hezbollah. But it is also quite clear that there is room for more layers to take care of themselves. Shas takes care of Shas, the ultra-Orthodox and Torah Judaism take care of themselves. Religious Zionism takes care of itself. Lieberman cares about his audience. A billion shekels were distributed in the Finance Committee on the day of the dissolution of the Knesset for coalition funds and it is time for the independents to take care of them, their families and unequivocally - we have a larger audience than the whole of this group together.
The moment of truth has come. Do we stop crying? Do we take the responsibility into our own hands? There is hardly a country in the whole world where women have not taken their destiny into their own hands and brought about change. This time it was our turn.
Adv. Roi Cohen is the president of Lahav and the No. 2 candidate in the Tnufa party
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