On Wednesday Belarus President Aliaksandr Lukashenka has visited the village of Saltanauka (Mahiliou region) where company Protos is located. The head of state has given advice to its workers.
Country’s main stimulator
According to the President, raising the birth rate is problem number one in Belarus. “We don’t have enough population and I am forced to stimulate this birth rate. So we channel main resources into encouraging births,” state-owned news agency BelTA quoted Lukashenka as saying.
Look up to Russia!
“I often tell you that I have spoilt you a little. One cannot excessively help a person because the person stops working then. Take a look at Russia, for instance: few people over there hope for the state’s aid, people try to find jobs and make money,” Aliaksandr Lukashenka recommends.
Thanks cap
The Belarusian leader pointed out that getting a loan with the interest rate of 4% per annum is as good as getting a gift when inflation is as high as 20% per annum. “In order to get the gifts you should pay five times more taxes, other enterprises should pay 3-4 times more taxes for the state budget to have the resources to gift homes to young families or families with kids, large families. But you cannot pay five times more taxes,” said the President. “We cannot put so much tax burden on the nation and corporations. Where can we get the money to give to young families then? We don’t have the money. We cannot print the money because it would crush the national currency in this period of crisis”.
Hunt for ‘idlers’
Lukashenka stressed that the government would take the necessary steps to fight parasitism.
“When they turn 60, they [‘social parasites’] will claim a pension. Who will give them their pensions? You and me. Therefore, I want dramatic measures to deal with those who do not work anywhere,” the President said.
Don’t stick your heads out if you don’t want another Ukraine!
Everyone should work, be useful to their families and the state, the Belarusian President underlined. “The areas of responsibility of the state are clear. These are children, education and healthcare, defense, security and many more. This needs money,” Lukashenka said. “If you think that we do not need money for that, we will soon get the situation that is happening now in Ukraine,” he noted.
www.belsat.eu/en, via BelTA
