Kim Kataguiri: I find it regrettable that the Lula Government is opposed to this matter.
Kim Kataguiri: I think it's a setback for Brazilian producers, a setback for the country's development that, in one of the few areas where we have significant productivity growth in Brazil, of about 2.5% per year on average, which is agribusiness, we put the shackles on ourselves — we sabotage ourselves, we don't even need our external adversaries for that.
Therefore, my recommendation is in favor, Mr. President.
Kim Kataguiri: Mr. President, MISSÃO's vote is "no," because there is no tax cut without spending cuts.
Kim Kataguiri: If we grant tax relief to a productive sector without presenting the estimated impact, the revenue source, in the end either we will increase property taxes on other productive activities — so it will weigh on industry, on commerce, on services — or, ultimately, this will turn into an increase in the CBS rate, the Brazilian VAT, increasing the worst tax of all, which is the tax on consumption.