Saturday, August 23, 2014

Ewa Stenberg: Borg wants to put the screws on the opposition – Daily News

Ewa Stenberg: Borg wants to put the screws on the opposition – Daily News

     
     
     
     
     
 


 
     
     
     

         

                 

Three questions for DN’s political commentator Dr Stenberg on Anders Borg’s statement on Saturday.


                 
             

         

             
                 
                 
                 

                     

 

Three questions for DN’s political commentator Dr Stenberg on Anders Borg’s statement on Saturday.

The Finance Minister says it may need about 25 billion in austerity years 2017 and 2018, why he gives voters a message so gloomy?

 - He points out that the economy performs worse than expected, but I think he at the same time also want to put the screws on the opposition parties by getting their election manifesto to be seen as irresponsible.

 
        
             
     
     
 

 - Anders Borg says it is extremely important that the target for surplus in the public finances is reached precisely in 2018, and he points to the economic situation appears to be tougher than expected. If the Social Democrats and the other opposition parties accept his description so they have to take back some of his campaign promises delivered alternatively propose major new tax increases or reductions. If they do not, but suggests a more expansive budget so the government can instead criticize them for not taking responsibility for the Treasury.

  How do you think the Social Democrats will react?

 - Magdalena Andersson,’s economic spokesman, hinted this morning that with a social democratic economic policy and social policy, the economy will go so well that she can drop the requirement to fund the reforms of earned later in this term. This suggests that the Social Democrats will promise unfunded reforms in its election manifesto, which can be carried out later in the term. It also suggests that S does not believe it is necessary to reach the surplus target already by 2018.

  One reason that Anders Borg wants to tighten the economy about three or four years is that the number of refugees coming to Sweden. What does that mean for the Treasury?

 - Anders Borg has projected increased spending on integration policies and refugees at about twelve billion per year in 2017 and the 2018 But he has not included any income in the form of tax payments when the refugees start working. This despite the fact that he says that immigrants are rapidly coming to work in Sweden, and that the Syrians and Iraqis who come here are relatively well educated. In time, this immigration revenue for Sweden, according to the finance minister, but he has not put it into the calculations. Instead, he stresses that the outlook is uncertain.


 

                     

             
         

         
         
     
 
         
         
 
         
     

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