By Months: Andrei Korobeinik
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
16 Speeches
The economic views are strongly fiscally critical, emphasizing the necessity of reducing the public sector (saving 300 million euros) and implementing a bank tax (generating 400 million euros in revenue). It sharply opposes raising taxes, especially the security tax, arguing that it harms the economy and burdens the most vulnerable. It criticizes the abolition of the tax hump as favoring the rich, financed by funds taken from pensioners.
11.2024
25 Speeches
Strongly advocates for state intervention through the tax system to alleviate poverty and stimulate the economy. Supports a progressive income tax, taxing banks' excess profits, and lowering the VAT on foodstuffs to increase people's purchasing power. Considers the government's fiscal policy (wage freezes, tax hikes) to be the primary cause of the economic recession.
10.2024
36 Speeches
The speaker is a strong proponent of progressive taxation and wealth redistribution, backing the implementation of a bank tax (which is projected to bring 0.5 billion euros into the state budget) and a graduated income tax. They oppose taxing the less affluent (specifically, taxing pensions and eliminating scholarships) and reject the Reform Party’s plan to abolish the tax bulge. Furthermore, they demand public sector cuts and increased efficiency, specifically through the adoption of AI.
09.2024
9 Speeches
Economic views are focused on supporting economic growth (specifically, opposing corporate income tax) and increasing fiscal fairness. The speaker strongly advocates for implementing a bank tax, which would generate half a billion euros annually for the budget, contrasting this approach with minor savings measures. He criticizes the government's tax policy as supporting the wealthy at the expense of the poor and accuses the administration of causing record inflation.
07.2024
10 Speeches
The economic views expressed are strongly opposed to tax hikes, especially during an economic crisis, arguing that they stifle growth and exacerbate inequality. He/She criticizes the government's policies, which have resulted in a 2.5-year recession, and predicts that Estonia will remain last among the Baltic states in terms of living standards. He/She directly links the government's actions to unbuilt roads, lower wages, and reduced pensions.
06.2024
41 Speeches
The economic views are strongly anti-crisis and progressive: tax increases during a recession are harmful, and benefits directed at the wealthy must be abolished. They demand the taxation of banks' excess profits (which would generate half a billion euros) and criticize the government's shortsighted fiscal policy ("SMS-loan mentality"), which reduces future-oriented investments (EAS, AI). Regarding labor taxes, Lithuania's lower rates are referenced as the basis for competitiveness.
05.2024
44 Speeches
It strongly supports progressive taxation (a graduated income tax) and the redistribution of income, proposing a bank solidarity tax and a digital tax as solutions for budgetary issues. It opposes tax relief for the wealthy and regressive taxes, arguing that taking money away from poorer individuals harms the economy because it slows down the circulation of capital. Furthermore, it believes that implementing a bank tax would actually incentivize banks to invest in Estonia.
04.2024
16 Speeches
The speaker strongly supports progressive taxation and social redistribution. He advocates creating new revenue streams for large corporations (a digital services tax, a bank tax) to avoid raising taxes on ordinary people. He sharply criticizes the abolition of the tax bracket system and income tax breaks, which, in his estimation, distribute money to the wealthy while taking money away from pensioners.
03.2024
8 Speeches
Economic views are strongly oriented toward tax redistribution, advocating for the introduction of a bank tax on banks' large profits to alleviate the state budget deficit. Increases in consumption taxes and a car tax are opposed, as these measures worsen the situation for the less affluent and deepen the economic recession. The necessity of solidarity within the banking sector is strongly emphasized.
02.2024
37 Speeches
Economic views are heavily focused on restarting the economy and opposing tax increases, especially concerning the proposed car tax. They support implementing a bank tax as an alternative source of revenue, arguing it would be twice as profitable as the car tax and help prevent other tax hikes. The platform calls for a complete rethinking of the economy in the digital age and the development of innovative tax solutions (a digital tax) specifically aimed at taxing large corporations.
01.2024
2 Speeches
Economic views favor taxing profits (a solidarity tax for the banking sector) and oppose increasing the tax burden on ordinary people (VAT, car tax). Support is given to the principle that banks should contribute more to Estonian society to alleviate economic pressure. The goal is to achieve a permanent scheme for taxing the banking sector through the introduction of a temporary tax.