SLD plans could mean windfall for 2.4 million Poles and 50% tax on rich

As many as 2.4 million people could be eligible for the payment. "This is the easiest solution to be introduced," said the SLD's general secretary, Marek Dyduch. The party's latest proposal would cost the budget some zł.1 billion and party officials are conducting unofficial talks concerning potential sources of finance. If there was no agreement on other sources of financing aid for the poorest, SLD might propose a 50% tax bracket for the wealthiest. It remains unknown whether the proposed changes would be accepted in the Sejm, but it is already sure that Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS) would vote against them. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B2) M.M.