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    Proposal by Committee of the National Council: 13th AHV/AVS pension to be financed exclusively by VAT increase of 0.7%-points


    Proposal by Committee of the National Council: 13th AHV/AVS pension to be financed exclusively by VAT increase of 0.7%-points

    https://www.nau.ch/politik/bundeshaus/13-ahv-rente-soll-mit-mehrwertsteuer-erhohung-finanziert-werden-67037350

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    1. onehandedbackhand on

      “They wanted it, so let’s finance it with the one regressive tax at our disposal!”

      Genius.

    3. okanye on

      Thanks to the referendum committee for leaving the question of financing out of the refendum. Das habt ihr toll gemacht!

    4. nopainnogain12345 on

      It’s nuts that the younger generations have to pay for the mistakes of the boomers (i.e., not having saved enough for retirement), while at the same time also having to put money aside beyond the 2nd and 3rd pillars to have a remote chance of retiring, plus the fact that the vast majority don’t own property (while the proportion of boomers who do is much higher).

    5. Numar19 on

      Can we stop raising the one tax that mostly affects middle and lower class and just raise taxes on the wealthy?

    6. Sufficient-History71 on

      1. Young ones don’t vote and then complain. Such a sad state of affairs.
      2. Increase should have been financed by progressive tax increases in wealth(2M+ wealth) and income tax(>250k earners).
      3. Need to work on issues like rent control and taxing landlords(2+ homeowners heavily) so excessive rent seeking is not a lucrative option anymore.

    7. Shooppow on

      I swear this federal council literally hates the people who actually work in this country! And by work, I mean break a sweat and burn more than 300 calories doing their jobs every day.

    8. JoshDrako on

      It’s just strange that they won’t raise taxes where rich get their income from, like dividends, stock exchange and other banking operations.

    10. Ill_Nobody_2726 on

      The 13th AHV payment should mostly be made through cutting expenses elsewhere (looking at you 113 millions private jet and the billions for new fighter jets and the money for Olympics 2038…) and on raising taxes on the wealthy… I doubt people would have agreed on it had they known this would have led to EVERY FUCKING THING in their life being more expensive…