SLD reveal more on plans to give away zł.1.3 billion to poorest pensioners

Extra supplements would be given to pensioners whose annual revenues do not exceed zł.9.6 thousand and would be paid once a year. Around 4.8 million pensioners meet the requirements. SLD is still considering whether to suggest the 50% tax rate for the most wealthy. The party's leader Krzysztof Janik said: "If it turns out that we lack money for the supplements then we will address the richest." The party's deputy Anna Filak added: "There is a group of people whose living standards will not get worse even if we take 10% more of their revenues." According to the Deputy Finance Minister Jarosław Neneman, SLD's proposal is good in that it does not destroy anything in the existing tax system. (Parkiet, p. 7) A.F.