València (EFE).- The first two specific measures that the candidates of the different parties for the presidency of the Generalitat would apply to deal with inflation range, as they explained to EFE, from deflating personal income tax to promoting quality employment and access to housing, give specific aid or guarantee “energy sovereignty”.
The president of the Generalitat and socialist candidate for re-election, Ximo Puig, points to job creation and quality employment as the first measure to tackle inflation, because although there are now “more people than ever working”, after having joined 438,000 more since 2015, he wants to “reach more”.
The other key element for Puig is housing, and for this reason they will launch 6,000 affordable rental homes and also public housing, since having a house is not “a luxury, but a right”, while to help alleviate the escalation of energy prices will compensate the residents of the surplus municipalities in the production of renewables, so that the savings are transferred to the pocket of the citizens.
The PP candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, recalls that a year ago they already presented a decalogue to face inflation and work for economic recovery, with aid of up to 500 million euros to alleviate the effects of the rise in the gas and electricity, with special emphasis on carriers, fishermen, farmers or the self-employed and the recovery of aid to curb energy poverty.
Deflate personal income tax
Demanding from the central government measures such as deflating the thresholds corresponding to each section of the personal income tax, as well as the personal minimums and the rest of the deductions to adjust the payment of taxes to “the true economic capacity of the taxpayers”, are other measures that the PP.
For the Compromís candidate, Joan Baldoví, the first measure should be to continue helping families with their expenses, and add, to the free textbooks and the savings of up to 2,800 euros in child education, the extension of the free dining room to all children and that people who need it have free glasses or access to a dentist.
Baldoví’s second measure will be to give priority to companies that pay better salaries in the public tenders of the Generalitat, since in his opinion they have to raise salaries so that workers do not lose purchasing power.
The candidate of Unides Podem-EU, Héctor Illueca, proposes “to put a stop to the process of commercialization of housing”, so that as soon as the state Housing law enters into force, he proposes “immediate intervention in the housing market” , initiating the procedure to declare stressed areas and limit the rental price.
Regulation of food prices
His second measure: to demand that the State define a basic shopping basket and establish a price regulation mechanism that allows limiting the rise in basic food items, “although it is not to the liking of big businessmen like Juan Roig, who practice a ruthless capitalism”, accompanied by an increase in aid from the Generalitat to cover food for families in vulnerable situations.
In Ciudadanos, its candidate, Mamen Peris, advocates reducing the IRPF fee in the regional section by introducing extra-curricular expenses, dining room, contact lenses, glasses, school transportation, orthodontics or the mortgage loan fees for the habitual residence as deductible expenses.
In addition, it states that it would urge the Government of Spain to once again reduce 20 cents per liter in the price of fuel, and to make public transport dependent on the Generalitat free.
In the opinion of the Vox candidate, Carlos Flores, a large part of the rise in the prices of basic necessities derives from the rise in the prices of the energy necessary to produce them, so it is essential to guarantee a “safe, cheap and far from the ups and downs” of the markets: “energy sovereignty”.
His second measure would be to “reduce the tax pressure, advancing towards a more efficient but less expensive administration”, since another “not insignificant” part of the price rise derives “from the State’s own fiscal pressure, which continues to make cash even when it is worst producers and consumers pass.