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Cutting child benefits and helping low-wage earners: Lieberman's economic plan

In the sections of the program, which reached Walla!

NEWS, Chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu lists the economic goals he set as part of his intention to demand the finance portfolio. Lieberman aims to lower the birth rate among the ultra-Orthodox, help small businesses and accelerate growth by investing in infrastructure

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Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 07:45

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In the video: Lieberman presented the list to the Knesset and claimed that only without the ultra-Orthodox there would be a functioning coalition (Photo: Yisrael Beiteinu)

The chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, Avigdor Lieberman, will work to significantly reduce child benefits, help small businesses and low-wage earners, encourage employment in all sectors and accelerate growth by investing heavily in infrastructure, according to Walla! NEWS 'economic plan for the upcoming elections. .

in a severe economic crisis in the country's history, Lieberman joined six weeks ago the race to head the Ministry of Finance, when he announced his intention to demand the portfolio in the next government to "restore Israel's economy." economic program he details the vision of "creating growth, employment and a safety net for the underprivileged ". but the key component Shambadal it from other programs presented in recent times is the requirement to cut child allowances and the conference, a move that promoted Netanyahu as finance minister in 2003, hurt mainly in the Haredi sector.

conception of Lieberman, continued to insist that will not enter a coalition with the ultra-orthodox parties, cutting Child benefits will reduce the high birth rate among the ultra-Orthodox population and encourage them to go to work.In addition, Lieberman seeks to repeal the "Nahari Law" in order to reduce funding for non-formal educational institutions where core studies are not held.

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Raising gear in the race for the Ministry of Finance.

Lieberman (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Investment in infrastructure

In his plan, Lieberman emphasizes the vitality of increased investment in infrastructure to encourage economic growth.

According to him, the promotion of mass transit projects, such as the metro and light rail network in Gush Dan, should be accelerated, and the quality and availability of public transportation should be increased.

Improving transportation infrastructure will improve low labor productivity in Israel, and solve the problem of congestion on Israeli roads, which will save tens of billions of shekels every year and contribute to raising the employment rate.

Lieberman proposes to pass special legislation that will alleviate the bureaucratic tangle that large national projects encounter.

According to the plan, priority will be given to infrastructure projects that can be financed with the help of a public-private partnership, so that the source of funding will come from the private market and not from the state budget.

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Reduce funding for institutions.

Talmud Torah in Jerusalem (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Apart from transportation projects, Lieberman also includes in this category projects in the field of rental housing, desalination facilities and facilities for sewage treatment and water transport, mainly the Negev and the Arava, energy facilities for transmission and electricity generation, as well as accelerating the upgrading of communications infrastructure.

Improving the employment situation in the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors

According to the plan, the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox men should be raised, which currently reaches 52.5%, compared with 88% among other Jewish men.

In addition, the employment rate among the Arab sector, especially among Arab women, should be raised, while significantly increasing the budgets of vocational training tracks and reducing the labor phenomenon without a pay slip.

The plan proposes to condition government funding on educational frameworks that will teach core studies, and to repeal the Nahari Law which requires a local authority to participate in the budgeting of recognized and unofficial educational institutions operating in its area.

Lieberman also proposes to dramatically cut child benefits and stop monthly benefits for students and yeshiva students aged 38-18.

Lieberman notes that "this is a saving of several billion shekels that will be invested in projects in the field of infrastructure."

Assistance to low-wage earners, underprivileged populations and small businesses

Lieberman proposes to condition the support given to the self-employed similar to the American outline - as a loan from the state.

If the business meets the goals of returning employees to work and returning to support activities it will become a grant.

It emphasizes the simplification of bureaucratic procedures so that an accountant's approval of a decrease in revenue will constitute its reference to eligibility.

Accelerate the project.

Light rail works in Tel Aviv (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Prominent sections on business assistance include the exemption from property taxes also in 2021;

A grant for small businesses affected by the corona crisis in the amount of social security contributions for workers up to a salary of ten thousand shekels gross;

And offsetting business losses in 2020 at the expense of profits recorded in 2019. In addition, according to the plan, low-wage earners will be given the option to freeze employee contributions to pension funds and study funds and make early repayment of various savings without penalties.

To help young couples working with children, Lieberman proposes granting a negative income tax supplement, increasing daycare and daycare subsidies and recognizing caregiver expenses.

According to the plan, the state will participate in professional training together with the employer, especially in professions that are in high demand today, such as nursing workers, heavy vehicle drivers and service workers in hospitals.

Lieberman believes that for income supplement recipients and people with disabilities, a safety net must be provided - providing assistance to citizens who live on income security only up to 70% of the minimum wage.

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