Business owners are sharply critical of Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman after today (Sunday) dismissing allegations against the government's current policy of not compensating business owners for the decline in redemptions recorded in the past two weeks.
As mentioned, in a media briefing, Lieberman said: "I saw the dividends that the company owners attracted for the profits in 2021, I wish everyone the same situation in 2022."
Noam Levy, chairman of the Association of Owners of Halls and Event Gardens, reacted angrily to Minister Lieberman's remarks and told Israel Today: "I think Finance Minister Lieberman continues to behave in such a way that he thinks we are idiots.
He talks about industries and all sorts of things, that he will talk about the events industry.
If he comes to us, he is welcome to receive the data.
That will stop confusing the mind that everything works.
The ballrooms are not full.
"We suffer from a dramatic drop in the number of participants and we have a 90% drop in the number of events. We only have cancellations upon cancellations. That he will stop talking about unrelated things and that he will stop ignoring us as if people are just shouting. Tired already."
Avi Edri, the director of Cinema City, also has a full stomach for the situation. In a conversation with Israel Today, he said: "What is the problem of the Ministry of Finance? They are afraid to give compensation because they are afraid that everyone will want to jump on it. "The culture industry is dead. I assume that the high-tech industry and the law industry are safe workers."
Edri added: "We have had a decrease of over 60% since the omicron, and the annual average is 50%. We are closed for almost two years and the compensation we received was not relevant to the damage caused. No one bothered to check and differentiate between businesses. "In the economy with dignity and deepening. No one can deceive the state. Everything is registered."
MK Ophir Sofer of Religious Zionism responded to the statement: "The malls are empty, business owners are forced to close their stores due to adhesions and isolation - and there is one finance minister cut off.
Not only is the finance minister raising prices, he is also continuing his unfortunate remarks against business owners.
It is time for the Minister of Finance to go down to the people.
"Perhaps he will understand a little bit the public's difficulty."
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