By Months: Aivar Kokk
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
32 Speeches
The speaker is a strong proponent of lowering taxes and improving the business environment. He argues that the reduction of excise duties in 2020 spurred economic growth, noting that Estonia was the fastest-developing country in Europe during 2021–2022. He sharply criticizes the current tax policy, claiming it will drive the country to the absolute bottom. He stresses that money is generated by business and entrepreneurship, not by the state budget.
11.2024
49 Speeches
Strongly supports tax cuts and opposes the introduction of new taxes. It criticizes the government's economic policy, arguing that it has driven the economy into a three-year recession. It emphasizes the importance of affordable energy for economic competitiveness and advocates for the use of local energy resources. It argues that the current policy of tax hikes is detrimental to businesses and employees.
10.2024
46 Speeches
Strongly advocates for tax cuts to stimulate economic growth and criticizes the government's tax-raising policy. It supports a business-friendly approach and the preservation of competitiveness. It demands cuts in public sector expenditure, particularly reducing the number of white-collar administrative employees. It emphasizes the importance of exports and transport for the Estonian economy.
09.2024
8 Speeches
It strongly supports planning security for entrepreneurs and opposes abrupt tax changes. It emphasizes the necessity of preserving the tax exemption for land under one's home and criticizes the complicating of the regulation governing the business account scheme. Furthermore, it expresses concern regarding the increasing state budget deficit and challenges the economic rationale behind the new tax measures.
07.2024
12 Speeches
A clearly anti-tax position, supporting tax cuts to stimulate economic growth. It criticizes redistributive tax policy, which takes "from the poorer and gives to the richer." It supports business-friendly policies and improving the investment climate. It emphasizes the need to restore economic confidence by reducing the tax burden. It views tax increases as a drag on economic growth.
06.2024
24 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to tax hikes and advocates for a lower tax burden to stimulate economic growth. He argues that tax increases won't make the country rich, and they will only lead to an economic downturn. The speaker supports entrepreneurship and investment, while criticizing government decisions that, in his view, are detrimental to the economy (the LNG terminal, the sale of railway wagons).
05.2024
13 Speeches
Strongly opposes sharp tax increases and demands that economic growth be supported through tax cuts. It criticizes the government's debt policy and the resulting state budget deficit. It supports entrepreneurship and calls for equal treatment among different business sectors, especially concerning the regulation of platform services.
04.2024
36 Speeches
A consistent anti-tax position, arguing that no country has ever been made rich by raising taxes. It supports business-friendly policies and criticizes the government's economic policy, which has led to a two-year recession. It emphasizes the importance of the energy sector to the economy and criticizes decisions that have resulted in rising energy prices. It supports austerity measures within government institutions.
03.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker supports market-based competition in the energy sector, criticizing the situation where end-consumers are forced to foot the bill for private entrepreneurs' business projects. He/She emphasizes the need to protect taxpayers from Elering's excessive profits and advocates for investments that bring direct benefits to the Estonian economy. Furthermore, the speaker criticizes the government's tax increases, which, in his/her estimation, have driven 75% of the population into poverty.
02.2024
11 Speeches
A strongly pro-business stance, opposing all tax hikes and demanding cuts to state expenditures. It criticizes the progressive income tax system as a "crazy idea" and supports lowering energy costs to maintain business competitiveness. The position emphasizes the necessity of supporting local production and exports, particularly in the timber sector. It demands cuts to state spending at the expense of white-collar workers (i.e., reducing bureaucracy).
01.2024
24 Speeches
It strongly supports entrepreneurial freedom and competitiveness, arguing that wealth is generated solely through enterprise. It opposes tax hikes and demands equal treatment with neighboring countries, particularly within the transport sector. It advocates for energy independence and maintaining critical infrastructure under state control, emphasizing economic pragmatism.