Government announces R$ 60 billion fiscal adjustment and proposes that taxpayers keep the R$ 6 billion difference
The Planning Minister insists the cut is firm, provided nobody goes looking for it in the Budget, where it has yet to be found.
The government has unveiled a fiscal adjustment with an impact of up to R$ 60 billion in 2027. According to Poder360, the impact is R$ 54 billion. The discrepancy will be settled by a working group.
The group will have 40 members, two official cars per member and an indefinite deadline. The savings expected from the spending cuts cover, for now, the cost of the group.
An adviser who asked not to be identified explained the method. "The adjustment is R$ 60 billion on those who pay and R$ 54 billion on those who decide. The difference is called room for manoeuvre."
The economic team insists that no expenditure will be cut. It will merely be reclassified as investment, which allows it to be cut on paper and kept on the payroll.
An economist who has already given up summed up the plan: the government trims the fat of the State with the same precision with which the State trims the fat of the taxpayer, always from the taxpayer's side.
The adjustment is R$ 60 billion on those who pay and R$ 54 billion on those who decide.
The reality behind the satire
Real news · www1.folha.uol.com.br · 11 November
Ministro do Planejamento prevê ajuste fiscal com impacto de até R$ 60 bilhões em 2027
This story, published by a real newspaper, inspired the piece above. The Falsumundi piece is made up; this story is not.
