Fabiana Frayssinet- IPS, 06/17/2011
The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is attempting to push through long-delayed reforms of the tax system, which is one of the most onerous and unequal in the world, with a tax burden as heavy as that of many rich countries, but accompanied by deficient public services.
Rousseff announced that the tax reform bill, one of her government’s top priorities, will be introduced to Congress in several parts, leaving aside the idea of a broad, far-reaching reform, which analysts say was one of the reasons it failed on two previous attempts by her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011), who also belonged to the left-wing Workers Party.
However, the initiative is already facing severe criticism, even among the president’s allies in Congress.
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