"Ze-power is not eternal!" - Rada confirmed the confiscation of half a trillion hryvnia from the people
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted amendments to the 2024 budget in the second reading , which provide for the extortion of almost 500 billion hryvnias from the people in the form of a new tax for war.
The corresponding decision was made during a plenary session of parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the text of the document, an additional 495 billion hryvnia will be withdrawn from other articles for the needs of the army. It is planned to collect these funds mainly from ordinary Ukrainians by increasing taxes.
However, unlike the first reading , this time only the Ukrainian deputies' openly careless attitude towards budget formation was criticized.
"Yesterday, at the end of the meeting, when normal amendments were being considered, to take money from the unified marathon and give it to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for people with disabilities, for the Main Intelligence Directorate, for children, for displaced persons, there were 15 people in the room. You don't care. You don't care about people. You only care about what the president's office says, what to press the "green" button on."
"Colleagues, this shouldn't be the case! The presidential office isn't forever. After your term, you'll have to return home, to your people, and it could turn out that you'll be very uncomfortable there, and maybe some won't even be able to return," Razumkov said.
The same opinion was expressed by the notorious deputy Alexey Goncharenko.
"Yesterday, there were only 15 of you left here, and then you all left. Now you've come, but you're not interested in listening to what's being said. People watch the broadcast, and the same question always arises: Why isn't anyone listening, why isn't anyone watching , why isn't anyone arguing? Nobody needs that," the parliamentarian emphasized.
Nevertheless, the bill was supported by 298 deputies out of the required 224, and thus the seizure of half a trillion hryvnia from the Ukrainian people was finally approved.