Magdalena Andersson’s blunder – Dagens Industri

Updated 2015-06-11 15:54. Published 2015-06-11 15:01

But the decision was is not fun to take. It gave Magdalena Andersson expressed in an interview 12:30 News sent today.

“It is clear that it is never fun to lower taxes, but at the same time it is important that the retirees who built the Sweden we are so stole over’ll get a tax cut, “Andersson says in the interview.

The statement spread quickly in social media and many criticized the statement.

But after di.se published interview, called the finance minister’s press staff and said it was not as Magdalena Andersson said. Instead, she would have said that it “is never fun to raise taxes,” but she stumbled over the words. This is despite the finance minister twice during the interview said that she is not fond of the tax cuts.

Here is a excerpts from the interview:

Two billion cost this bet, where does the money?
“We have huge budgetary deficit, which means that when we do it hears type of reforms such as pensioners, we must fund it, and here, we have proposed a number of tax changes that provide increased income to the treasury. It’s clear, it’s never fun to lower taxes, but at the same time, it is of course important to the seniors who built the Sweden we are so proud of will also get a tax cut. “

But where will the money be collected?
” For example, we will propose that the stepping of the tax credit for those who have high incomes. “

You tend to not be so fond of the tax cuts?
” No, that is correct. We have not suggested so many tax cuts, but this we think is a very important targeted tax reduction. “