Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: to travel with the family, eat what you like most, buy Christmas presents for the children, pay off a debt, get ahead on a payment, buy a bigger-screen television to watch the World Cup next year. This relief in income tax means more money in the pocket, which means greater purchasing power, which means higher consumption, which makes the economy turn.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: The Federal Revenue Service did the calculations. In 2026, this extra money in the hands of the Brazilian people should inject R$28 billion into the economy.
An extraordinary stimulus for commerce, for industry, the services sector and entrepreneurship, which will generate more jobs, more opportunities and more income. The whole country will benefit.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: My friends, in less than three years of government, we have again placed Brazil among the ten largest economies in the world.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: We removed the country from the map of hunger for the second time.