I'm always interested that when discussion turns to cost of living the very real cost of car ownership is never discussed. People talk about the cost of the vehicle, and sometimes about petrol/electricity, but they never talk about registration, insurance, maintenance, road tolls, parking, etc. Even if you avoid tolls and paid parking, the average car owner is paying over $5000 a year per car just to run a vehicle.
Just putting this in context, that's about 100 average taxi fares per year. Or one cab fare every 3.5 days.
Remember, a surplus in a government budget means they've FAILED to spend on social and public goods - the things that build a society and lift people up.
"The budget is a piece of theatre meant for your consumption. It is a cute moment–a photogenic moment where a multimillionaire can hold up a red box and bribe you with a bit of your money, while they and all the other multimillionaires bankrupt the government with monetary and fiscal stimulus packages that seem somehow to always end up in their own pockets"
Gap between wage and GDP growth indicates a worsening of income distribution as well as weak improvements in welfare, write Amit Basole and Zico Dasgupta.
South may seek nationhood if funds are not distributed equally: Karnataka Congress MP D.K. Suresh
Arguing that there was injustice in distribution of funds between and northern and southern States, with the latter getting a raw deal, he said: “We are seeing injustice on all forms... If we do not condemn it, there could be a situation when we (southern States) have to demand a separate country.”
As Corporates Hijack Union Budget, Agriculture Is No Longer a Priority of the Modi Government
The Union government-funded programmes are encouraging a shift in the use of bio-resources to a bio-economy focused on fuel supply rather than food supply.
Breaking news: Congressional leaders reached a $1.66 trillion agreement Sunday to finance the federal government in 2024, preserving funding for key domestic and social safety net programs in the face of GOP demands to cut the government’s budget.
🎉 :mastodance:
It sets budget levels for military and non-defense discretionary spending for 2024. But details remain to be worked out. Repubs will continue to threaten govt shutdown.
Plutôt de bonnes nouvelles du côté du #budget2024 des #transports : abaissement du seuil de malus écologique aux voitures de +1.6 tonnes (ex 1.8) et suppression de l'exemption pour les véhicules hybrides (mais pas 100% électriques), durcissement de la fiscalité écologique sur les véhicules d'entreprise et conditionnement du bonus écologique au score environnemental des véhicules (favorise les véhicules FR et les filières européennes de batteries). https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2023/09/27/comment-le-budget-2024-veut-verdir-nos-transports_6191309_3234.html
Mathias #Thépot : "Si Bruno Le Maire a pu affirmer sans vergogne qu’il baisserait encore les impôts des entreprises d’ici à 2027 malgré la pression de Bruxelles et des marchés financiers, c’est qu’il compte toujours couper dans une plus grande ampleur les dépenses publiques.
En 2024, ces coupes devraient d’ailleurs atteindre des montants bien supérieurs aux baisses d’impôts : environ 15 milliards d’euros. Le gros venant de la réduction des boucliers énergétiques et de la suppression de l’indemnité exceptionnelle carburant, auxquelles il faudra ajouter le déremboursement de certains médicaments, la chasse aux arrêts maladie dits « de complaisance », et la fin du dispositif fiscal Pinel d’investissement locatif dans le logement neuf à destination des ménages. Le gouvernement compte aussi rapidement faire passer sa loi « plein-emploi » par laquelle il réserve un traitement salé aux bénéficiaires du RSA.
Le tout sans pour autant remettre en cause les 160 milliards d’euros d’aides publiques aux entreprises débloquées chaque année."