This Thursday on the Platform program, the economist, Rafael Lemus, revealed that just months before the end of the presidential term the debt has risen to 85% of the GDP, according to data from the non-financial public sector, with the total debt being greater than the percentage, Comparing other governments, this has added up to 40%.
“The deficit in 2023 was 4% of GDP due to expansion of expenses, income was met, introducing tax amnesties and closing spaces for evasion, which reflected exhaustion because the economy is slowing down,” he added.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the government took one thousand one hundred million dollars from the workers’ money, in just one year, without counting what it took in previous years, by 2027 the government will have to pay in interest more than $900 million
“The pension debt may not be able to be paid by the government, since it is growing and is taking away the workers’ savings, which in the end would end up stealing the workers’ savings fund in 2027,” said Lemus. .
Finally, the economist announced that the IMF will ask the Government to increase taxes and cut expenses, as part of the adjustment, “in these 5 years the government has made adjustments, but once morest the workers in hidden taxes.” €.
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