By Months: Henn Põlluaas
Total Months: 18
Fully Profiled: 18
10.2025
10 Speeches
The economic views concern the payment of social benefits and compensation, defending the current policy which ensures Ukrainian war refugees the same support as Estonian residents receive. Broader positions regarding taxes or fiscal discipline are absent.
09.2025
19 Speeches
The speaker stresses fiscal discipline and transparency, urgently demanding a detailed breakdown of legislative costs for the taxpayer. He/She is skeptical of regulations that increase consumer prices (tickets, recycling) and criticizes the state's failure to offer guarantees necessary to attract investments in the defense industry.
06.2025
9 Speeches
Economic perspectives are fiercely critical of the government, highlighting the colossal increase in the tax burden, rampant inflation, and the decline in purchasing power. It fundamentally objects to situations where people are charged money for services not rendered, citing, for instance, the waste removal bills for summer homes.
05.2025
10 Speeches
Economic views are focused on ensuring stability and low prices, supporting the shale oil energy sector while opposing the high costs and subsidies associated with renewable energy. The government's fiscal policy is criticized for imposing obligations on local municipalities that are beyond their capacity. A clear plan for financing defense spending is demanded to avoid future tax hikes, and a warning is issued against the economy-destroying impact of green regulations.
04.2025
9 Speeches
Economic views center on energy policy, with the speaker criticizing the artificially inflated price of fossil fuels (specifically oil shale) resulting from CO2 quotas. He demands that the true costs of renewable energy (including the complete overhaul of Estonia’s power grids) be factored in to ensure a fair comparison, pushing back against the demagoguery regarding supply security.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The economic viewpoints concern the development and financing of the defense industry. He supports state involvement in ammunition factories (citing Nammol as an example) to ensure production and provide guarantees. Furthermore, he discusses methods for financing EU defense spending, such as utilizing loans or relaxing existing budgetary constraints.
02.2025
5 Speeches
Insufficient data
01.2025
8 Speeches
The economic platform is fiercely opposed to taxes, particularly the car tax, which is viewed as nothing more than taking money from the public to finance questionable election promises. At the same time, the speaker is calling for an immediate and substantial €1.6 billion investment for national defense purposes, specifically for the procurement of ammunition.
12.2024
10 Speeches
Strong opposition to raising taxes during a crisis, arguing that such measures would deepen the recession, exacerbate inflation, and reduce both productivity and competitiveness. The government is criticized for cutting family benefits, and there are doubts whether the revenue generated by the tax hikes will actually be used for the stated purpose (national defense). The preference is for promoting economic growth and raising living standards, rather than increasing the overall tax burden.
11.2024
3 Speeches
Economic perspectives emphasize fiscal responsibility and criticism regarding the funding of unrealistic mega-projects. The speaker deems the current budget catastrophic and demands a strict and honest cost-benefit analysis for investments (such as Rail Baltic), pointing out the total failure of transit revenue forecasts.
10.2024
21 Speeches
Economic perspectives are highly critical of the government's fiscal policy, viewing it as exacerbating the recession, increasing poverty, and being based on flawed forecasts. The budget is characterized as a "tax hike and recession budget," and cuts to the social sector are strongly opposed. They support the taxation of banks' extraordinary profits and criticize the large profits made by telecom companies, despite the state's extensive investments in the broadband network.
09.2024
2 Speeches
Data is scarce. The only economic indicator is the support for the 1.6 billion euro ammunition procurement, which points to a readiness for large national defense expenditures. A general position on taxes, regulation, or economic growth is not disclosed.
07.2024
1 Speeches
Economic views are strongly right-wing and conservative, advocating for low taxes, reduced regulations, and support for entrepreneurship to revitalize the economy. The speaker opposes all tax hikes (VAT, income tax, car tax, excise duties) and demands drastic cuts to the state budget, including ending the funding for Rail Baltic and the hundreds of millions currently being wasted on "green lunacy." He supports taxing banks' windfall profits.
06.2024
11 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax increases, as a rapid succession of tax hikes during an economic crisis is devastating to welfare and competitiveness. Technological development, digitalization, and robotization are supported, while simultaneously opposing the importation of cheap and unqualified foreign labor facilitated through exceptions to the immigration quota.
05.2024
12 Speeches
Economic viewpoints are expressed through opposition to legislation that could impose significant financial burdens on Estonian taxpayers, particularly concerning the scheme for confiscating Russian assets, which might necessitate paying out compensation. Furthermore, critics are targeting the whistleblower law, arguing that it erodes trust between businesses, as well as the government’s environmental policy, which is detrimental to farmers (specifically citing proposals to flood previously drained lands).
04.2024
27 Speeches
Economic views are strongly focused on criticizing the government's tax policy, which they label "tax terror." It is stressed that tax hikes and cuts to benefits have drastically increased the number of families with children living in absolute and relative poverty. They demand support for families' standard of living and protection against inflation, prioritizing social stability over economic growth.
03.2024
49 Speeches
The speaker is a staunch opponent of tax hikes, arguing that they will tank the economy and damage producers and purchasing power. He calls for a reduction in the VAT rate on foodstuffs and supports taxing banks' windfall profits, stressing that this should not affect their normal business operations. To finance defense spending, he advocates taking out a national defense loan rather than implementing tax increases.
02.2024
58 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes (especially the car tax), arguing that these measures increase inequality and deepen the economic recession. They support providing aid to farmers (by reducing VAT) and criticize the government for continuing development aid at a time when domestic subsidies are being cut. They demand government assistance for the Estonian people and businesses, standing in opposition to the ideology of "green zealotry."