Maximiliano Pullaro
came to the crossroads of the cuts to transportation that the Government applied and contrasted what Santa Fe, the province he governs, contributes, compared to what it receives from national subsidies.
"
If they gave us what we contribute
, we would completely take charge of the transportation," said the governor this Thursday.
And he went further: he even considered that
the ticket in his province could be free
.
"
We are not begging
, the province of
Santa Fe contributes almost three times what it returns
in transportation subsidies," explained Pullaro, in dialogue with the press and referring to the elimination of the Interior Public Transportation Compensation Fund by the administration. by Javier Milei.
In that sense, he highlighted that "the province contributes 3.9 billion pesos per month" in
fuel taxes
, of which "only 1.5 billion returned and the rest
remained in the AMBA
(Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area)."
"If they gave us what we contribute or eliminated that tax and we could put it in the system,
transportation in the province of Santa Fe would cost 0 pesos
," said the governor.
And then he pointed out to the Government: "A system in which you
keep everything and distribute nothing
does not work like that ."
"It is necessary to put this issue on the table, because we
cannot increase
the values at which transportation would go, but for that we have to have collaboration with the Nation or for them to give us the tax that they are charging with the contribution that Santa Fe makes. "argued one of the elected leaders from Together for Change.
Pullaro reiterated that he has no intention of "stopping dialogue" with the national authorities.
Maximiliano Pullaro said that if Santa Fe received what it contributes in fuel taxes, the bus ticket in his province would be free.
But, in line with the governors of different political parties who reject the measure, he stressed that the contribution of his province.
"All the positions that the province of Santa Fe had were founded, with numbers in hand and
in defense of our Santa Fe
, of our productive sector."
The governor warned that "
neither the industry nor the countryside can afford an adjustment
, because that would directly hit employment."
Telam Agency.
D.S.