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"I had to cancel the challah, our job is to put the discomfort aside"
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Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman explains the decision: "More than 130,000 jobs are begging for a vigorous workforce. Leaving these jobs in short supply is not responsible. I very much understand the hearts of the people who are now afraid of the decision - but it is the necessary step."
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Avigdor Lieberman
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Avigdor Lieberman
Friday, 02 July 2021, 09:53 Updated: 09:54
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I was not born Minister of Finance.
Next week I will mark my 63rd birthday.
63 years ago when I was born in Moldova in the USSR, it was not written on my forehead "Minister of Finance", very far from it.
As a child growing up in the Soviet Union, I experienced a communist economy in which market forces and citizens had no influence - the state was the sole factor influencing the distribution of resources that indicated what our daily lives looked like there.
What will we eat?
What clothes should we wear?
And can we afford to go to the movies?
These questions had one answer - the state will determine for you and not yourself.
"Abolition of the Knesset - This is the required step." Finance Minister Lieberman (Photo: Official website, Ministry of Finance spokeswoman)
Even when I immigrated to Israel nearly 43 years ago, the dream of becoming a minister in Israeli governments did not yet exist.
I started my first job the day after my immigration as a porter at Ben Gurion Airport, then without any shortcut I worked both as a security guard at nightclubs and as a dishwasher.
And in this I can summarize that I knew the hard work closely, I learned what determination and perseverance are, and from there everything is history - I served as the director general of the Prime Minister's Office, a Member of Knesset and a minister in the Israeli government.
A few days ago, I took up my position as Minister of Finance of the State of Israel.
Here, too, a lot of hard work awaited me alongside a great responsibility.
The first thing I put in my banner is to produce the growth that is being produced while reducing unemployment to the minimum possible.
It is very important on the one hand that everyone has a job and on the other hand that the economy on its various branches is not in short supply.
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At the moment, the economy has a lot of job vacancies - more than 130,000 jobs are desperate for a strong workforce.
Leaving these jobs in short supply is not only irresponsible and detrimental to the economy, but it also harms each and every one of us.
Within my people I live.
I very much understand the hearts of the people who are now afraid of the decision to abolish the tuition fees for certain parts of the country, but right now this is the required step. From conversations I have with many citizens, we all agree that human capital is our people's greatest strength and nurture.
"More than 130,000 jobs are begging for labor."
Employment Bureau (Photo: Official Website, Yossi Zamir, Flash 90)
The State of Israel is in great shortage of brothers and sisters, truck drivers, heavy vehicle drivers, welders, engineers, practical engineers, technicians and more.
According to Halacha, it is forbidden to greet a blessing for nullification, so our job is to take care to put the discomfort aside and go to work.
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, on whom I grew up, said that "a pioneer does not live for himself, but for those who will come after him."
Not all the fruits of hard work and vision we will reap.
Some will ripen only for our children and grandchildren.
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