Israel’s Opposition Leader Bibi Netanyahu launched his right-wing Likud party’s economic plan today. “Our country is in a deep economic crisis. This isn’t fate. It is possible to exit it,” Netanyahu said. “Only a stable government, a stable national government, can lower prices.”
He noted the 4.5 percent rise in prices in the past year, comparing it to a 0.5 percent rise in prices during his 2015-2019 tenure.
Netanyahu argued that the country needed to lower the prices of four “inflation instigators”: electricity, gasoline, water and municipal taxes – which he promised to freeze for a year.
The Likud leader also promised to make education free for children aged 0-3, planning to “lower family expenses by tens of thousands of shekels, grow the economy and enable both parents to go out and work.”
Lowering taxes, another pledge of Netanyahu’s, would come through spreading tax brackets, enlarging tax credit points, and reducing corporate taxes.
Rivals of Netanyahu criticized the plan, with Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman taking to Twitter to note the high deficit and unemployment under Netanyahu during 2009.
“It is worrisome to think what the results will be. We began to fix what he left, and thanks to us, there is no deficit or unemployment. Continue talking, and we will continue doing,” he wrote.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party responded by saying, Opposition head Netanyahu is continuing his disconnected fake news crusade in order to hide the fact that for 15 years he carelessly and recklessly neglected Israel’s economy.”
“The change government headed by Lapid will continue to achieve successes in the struggle to lower the high cost of living for the citizens of Israel.” (i24 News)
Ha ha. Netanyahu shouldn’t be cracking jokes like this during the 9 days.
In response to the Yesh Atid Party’s statement, one homeless citizen – who lost both his job and his home shortly after the formation of the current government – tweeted , while scrummaging some bread crumbs from a public garbage bin: “Yesh Atid, you’re the best! Please continue to achieve your stated success in lowering the high cost of living!”
In response to Avigdor Liberman who tweeted to Netanyahu, “Continue talking, and we will continue doing”, the homeless man tweeted, “I’m with you, Avigdor! Just keep doing what you’re doing, but please send someone down here to help me find some more bread crumbs in the bin!”
“…continue to achieve successes in the struggle to lower the high cost of living for the citizens of Israel.”
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seems to be a very hard struggle, since the living costs just rise all the time.
And what’s Netanyahu’s promise tomorrow? He’s well known for saying: I will.. I will… I will and leaving it hanging like this.