Saturday, August 23, 2014

“The government does political theater” – Swedish radio

"The government does political theater" – Swedish radio

Later today the Government will hold a press conference on Harpsundsvägen where Finance Minister Anders Borg will give his view of the economic situation. In Flen not far from Harpsundsvägen gave Magdalena Andersson, Social Democrat economic policy spokesperson, government criticism.

– There are a lot of items of expenditure which are uncertain and where there are forecasts that could rise. Immigration Service forecast is in no way exceptional. The only question is why the government has chosen to highlight just that.

Why do you think the government is doing it?

– The Government may itself respond. The government naturally wants rather talk about it than what happened with jobs, school and welfare during their years in office, says Magdalena Andersson.

It nymoderata project falls apart in front of Fredrik Reinfeldt and Anders Borg said Magdalena Andersson at the library in Flen for earlier today.

After that she, as Minister for Finance Anders Borg are about to make a few mil here, showing charts and bars for the economic situation in Sweden looks Print. The numbers are the same but the focus varies. Magdalena Andersson piles showed how the surplus has turned to deficit in the public finances over the last two mandates – how growth has strengthened while unemployment becoming entrenched.

In the state plays the government of political theater, says Magdalena Andersson, by highlighting an agency’s need for additional resources in the coming years, namely the Swedish Migration Board.

Transport Agency, Insurance Agency and is likely the defense will also need more money. So the question then is what Magdalena Andersson makes the assessment of the cost of more refugees to Sweden in the coming years:

– This is a very uncertain forecast that the Migration Board has come up with, just as future projections for future spending. What happens to the unemployment benefit, how great are the tax revenues? It’s that kind of uncertainty handling in a regular budget work, she concludes.

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