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Most-Hid Would Like to See Graduated Pension Payments Reconsidered
Friday 08 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) - Slovakia's social-security system has come under fire from the extraparliamentary Most-Hid party, which described it Friday as chaotic, complicated and incompatible with the system of taxation and social contributions.
"The social system should feature solidarity. The wealthier should, in part, share their wealth with the poor," Ivan Svejna, party deputy chairman for the economy, told reporters.
Svejna, best known as the architect of many of the reforms introduced by the former government), says meritocracy is a misguided policy goal in this sphere. "The social system should not be about meritocracy – meaning that the wealthier should get more from the social system," he said.
Taxes and social contributions will have to be simplified and set in such a way as to secure a well-performing social system which is financially sustainable over the long term. "One has to reconsider what will be paid from the social system and for whom. When we will promise a lot to various social groups that are not in need ... it will require high social contributions," he said.
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