terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2016

in favor of PEC 241


After a four hour research on right-wing media on the Internet, I am basically in favor of PEC 241, thus against the occupation of schools. I even think schools occupation is an irrational act because it is an extremist form of protest and it ignores the power of dialogue and argumentation, besides being costly, as it delays the routine of thousands of students, who will have to replace their classes further while the society keeps paying teachers' wages for no given classes and schools are useless during the protest. Going back to PEC issue, I believe the government has spent inefficiently a lot of money over the last few years. An example of public financial chaos is the state of Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais, where governments will have difficulty paying their civil servants due to the decrease of government revenues. Moreover, Brazilians pay a lot of taxes to have a deplorable public service, so I think we have already given enough time for the government to do its job. I believe now worth betting on entrepreneurship and the private market to create wealth and make Brazil a richer country. Regarding the PEC again, it came because the government has failed to follow the Fiscal Responsibility Law when it starts using creative accounting. Therefore, a policy of limiting public spending is urgently needed so that public debt does not grow even more. Such measure is crucial to not make the country poorer in the future, in other words, not to let the bills for future generations to pay because debt is the anticipation of purchasing power in time, which sooner or later must be paid. We are letting future generations pay our current public spending and we are living beyond our means. It’s important to know PEC will keep education spending at current levels, which I believe is adequate since spending on education in proportion to GDP in Brazil is comparable to other countries. For those who think Brazilian government should invest more in education and health, they cannot be angry with CPMF returns, rising gas prices, privatizations, reduced civil servants payroll and pension reform, once to increase the income of one sector, it must reduce of another. Therefore, Brazil has to stop investing using public debt as we are leaving the bills for our present benefits to our grandchildren. PEC came precisely to bar this short-sighted financing strategy of Brazilian state gigantism.

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