"The country has switched from a policy of caring for its citizens to a capitalist market," said Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini today in his announcement that the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) will join the social struggle on Sunday. At a press conference in Tel Aviv today, he slammed the government's indirect taxes policy. Eini followed the Israel Union of Local Authorities' announcement that it was joining the struggle
"The government rushed to create a free market, which means an increasingly heavy burden on the country's citizens. We once had a middle class, but it vanishing now. A working couple earning NIS 14,000-15,000 a month cannot finish the month. People have no hope, and people without hope feel that they have nothing to lose."
In a barb directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Eini said, "People want solutions; not shooting from the hip, but real solutions."
As for solutions, Eini claimed that the Histadrut had them, but, "The government has fallen in love with its taxes. When you get a lot of money, why forego it? The problem is that they fallen in love with surplus money."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 27, 2011
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