By Years: Lauri Läänemets

Economic views are strongly aimed at reducing inequality and achieving social justice. It opposes a regressive tax system that taxes the poor higher than the rich, and supports progressive income tax. It demands lowering the VAT on basic foodstuffs to 9% to support low-income people and domestic consumption. It opposes casual wage contracts and an economic model based on cheap foreign labor, preferring a high value-added economy. It criticizes state intervention in business (the Swedish prisoner service) due to the removal of labor from entrepreneurs in Southern Estonia.