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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-03-02
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[01] PASOK unveils financing for policy platform
[01] PASOK unveils financing for policy platform
Main opposition PASOK on Friday unveiled what it said will be the
methods by which its 219-proposal policy platform, announced by party
leader George Papandreou a day earlier, will be financed.
Among others, PASOK said extra spending will be funded along five axes,
namely, an increase in government revenues, continued growth, more
effective curbs on tax evasion and more effective taxes on wealth -
i.e. large real estate holdings, off-shore companies, dividends paid
out to major shareholders, short-term stock market transactions etc. -
reducing waste in Greeceās capacious public sector and a "peace
dividend" from rationalising defence spending.
Additionally, the main opposition party said the additional spending
will be funnelled into four general "pylons", including education,
human resources and research; health; the social state, and, public
investments.
In terms of the first, PASOK promises to increase public spending for
education to the tune of 5 percent of GDP by 2011.
As far as health is concerned, the target is 3.7 percent of GDP by
2011.
The most notable proposal for social spending is a 550-euro pension for
any unmarried and uninsured citizen; 950 euros for an uninsured couple.
Every couple will also receive, assuming economic status warrants,
2,000 euros for each child.
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