Lula Says He’ll Cut Privileges Without Taking From Anyone

There is a rebellion when Brazil’s government asks the wealthy to pay a little more tax, said President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaat an event to launch the agriculture funding program known as Safra Plan, in Brasilia.

• “One day this country will have a fair tax policy,” said Lula
  • Lula denied that taxing online betting firms is a tax hike and said that lobbying is preventing the proposal from moving forward
  • “Few countries in the world have a Finance Minister as serious as Fernando Haddad”
• Lula said he was not satisfied with the benchmark interest rate at 15%, ...