Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Those who live by the sweat of their labor and actually build the wealth of this country pay up to 27.5% in income tax.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: Those who live off investment income pay only 2.5% on average.
Those who live in mansions, have money abroad, collect imported cars, already had private planes and jets, pay 10 times less than a teacher, a police officer or a nurse. Imagine a person fighting to have decent housing, taking the bus, striving to buy a car and paying 10 times more income tax than the billionaires of our country. That is unacceptable. It was necessary to change and we are changing.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: My female friends and my male friends, from January next year, what today is a deduction on your paycheck becomes extra money in your pocket.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva: to travel with the family.