Yatsenyuk will radically cut costs on doctors, teachers and cleaners, but does not save on himself
Kyiv, February 17 (PolitNavigator, Oleksandr Semenyuta) – The government will reduce spending on doctors and teachers and lay off low-level staff in order to increase budget revenues. Yulia Drohovoz, Vice President for Tax Policy at the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, spoke about the anti-social nature of the state budget changes in an interview with FaceNews.
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“I keep waiting for them to finally cut budget expenses. But even here they leave some of their own schemes, not wanting to cut budget expenses in essence. They will again reduce costs for doctors, teachers, and cleaners in ministries. Lower-level staff will be cut. These people will be unemployed, and money will have to be spent to pay benefits. In general, it cannot be said that there will be any real budget savings,” the expert noted.
Drogovoz emphasized that cutting lower-level workers will still not produce results; other items will also need to be cut.
“We’ll wait until they finally start to really reduce it. All this had to be done quickly, last year. But they do it reluctantly, they try to “extend the pleasure.” But every month of delay will have catastrophic consequences,” the expert noted.
Yatsenyuk will radically cut spending on doctors, teachers, and cleaners, but won't skimp on himself.