In the video: Smotrich attacks: "The mayors are fighting those who want to lower the cost of housing" (Photo: GPO)
About 80% of social media users have a negative view of the property tax law promoted by the coalition, according to data from Basile, the leading online opinion monitoring and analysis company, collected for Walla.
In the past 700 hours, there were more than 88 discussions and about <>,<> interactions on social media about the law. Many web users claimed that this was a step intended to "take from the secular public that works and give to the haredi sector." Harsh criticism was written against Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, claiming that the law would benefit the ultra-Orthodox sector. However, strong criticism was also voiced against the local government's decision to shut down the education system in response to the move.
Among other things, the users wrote that this is "robbing the public purse," "stealing the men and women of labor and middle classes that will make them poor," and "putting a hand in the pocket of every citizen for those who do nothing," and wrote that "the government of destruction continues to mature."
Strong criticism online against the move. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Photo: official website, GPO)
However, some users claimed that "if this money strengthens the periphery, enough is enough," and even attacked the opponents: "Everyone talks about a just distribution, helping the weak and other clichés, until it gets to their cheese and then they stand on their hind legs."
One of the interesting things that can be learned from the users' responses is that most of them do not even know what the law includes. "You can see criticisms that stem mainly from a misunderstanding of the law," explains Basile's CEO, Lilach Keinan.
The Arnona Law promoted by the government will require municipalities that earn a lot of money from municipal taxes they collect from businesses to transfer a certain amount to an "Arnona fund" that will be distributed to authorities that promote the construction of housing units at the expense of businesses. This is partly because the municipal taxes that can be collected from business owners are significantly higher than those that can be charged to residents. The purpose of the law is to encourage the construction of apartments across commercial centers, thereby hoping to lower housing prices.
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