Opposition figure Naftali Bennett said Friday that his first decision as prime minister would be to reverse the tax system, so that citizens collect taxes from the state rather than pay them, as part of a cost-of-living overhaul.
Opposition leader and former prime minister Naftali Bennett on Friday pledged that his first decision in a government he would form would reverse the direction of taxation — citizens would collect taxes from the state, he said, rather than pay them. The statement, posted to his social media channels, frames the proposal as a centerpiece of his cost-of-living agenda. Bennett did not provide details on how the mechanism would work or how state revenue would be sustained. The proposal builds on earlier remarks in which he promised to overhaul Israel's cost structure, as The Zioneer reported earlier Friday. The tax-reversal idea joins a series of populist economic pledges Bennett has made in recent weeks ahead of potential coalition negotiations.
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- DevelopingBennett vows to repeal conscription exemption law, says coalition chose politics over security
- DevelopingBennett makes his case for premiership in Times of Israel interview
- DevelopingBennett shifts stance on illegal outposts, says he would evacuate them
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