According to Sarkkinen, the government is now scrapping the Finnish welfare model.

In addition to cuts in social security that exacerbate poverty, the Government is weakening health and social services, reducing the resources of the wellbeing services counties, deteriorating the quality of care, making access to care more difficult and raising the price of care.– You are cutting regardless of the consequences. Poverty and malaise are on the increase, and services will soon be available only to those with thick bank accounts. At the same time, more Kela reimbursements will be given to the private sector, which will benefit private health giants who are raising their prices. There is enough money for the fluffy, but not for basic services. In the end, this will be expensive, because a healthy and able-bodied nation is also the basis of the economy," Sarkkinen says. The government is now scrapping the Finnish welfare model. According to Sarkkinen, there are always alternatives in politics, even if the government would have you believe otherwise.– The government cloaks its ideological choice of scrapping the welfare state in the cloak of necessity, Sarkkinen says. In the run-up to the development session, the Left Alliance proposed tax reforms worth more than four billion euros to strengthen public finances, which would not discipline low-income earners but would also involve those who are doing well. According to Sarkkinen, the adjustment of public finances should focus especially on the revenue side. However, the Left Alliance does not consider the government's decision to increase value added tax to be sensible. It hits low-income Finns and small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the domestic market hard."The weakening tax revenue is a major challenge for central government finances. But you are not ready to carry out reforms that strengthen it and improve tax efficiency, such as reducing dividend tax subsidies for owners of unlisted companies, which are harmful to the national economy," Sarkkinen says." A healthy and able-bodied nation is also the basis of the economy." "It is not in the interest of Finns that foreign funds can benefit from the increase in the value of shares and real estate without paying taxes here. Nor is it fair that the wealthiest Finns can avoid taxes on property growth by artificially transferring their books abroad, he says. According to Sarkkinen, what is bad about government policy is not only the content, but also the timing. Tightening fiscal policy in a recession can stifle growth, worsen unemployment and increase the deficit.– Now the government is tightening in the middle of a recession. This increases unemployment and kills the conditions for economic growth. In this way, the government itself will create needs for further adjustments. I wouldn't be surprised if you would soon start talking about further cuts when the economy is not growing as expected," Sarkkinen says. Hanna Sarkkinen's group speech 7.5.2024 on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2025–2028:The government came to power with a promise to improve Finland's economy and employment, but under Orpo's right-wing government, only unemployment and national debt have grown in this country. Mr President, the Government Programme outlined massive cuts in the livelihoods of low-income Finns, and now in the government discussion on spending limits it was decided to make health and social services fat. The government is scrapping the Finnish welfare model. In addition to social security cuts that increase poverty, health and social services will be weakened. The resources of the wellbeing services counties will be reduced, the quality of care will be reduced, access to care will be made more difficult and the price of care will be raised. At the same time, more Kela reimbursements will be given to the private sector, which will benefit private health giants who are raising their prices. There is enough money for the fluffy, but not for basic services. You are cutting regardless of the consequences. Poverty and malaise will increase, and services will soon be available only to those with good jobs or thick bank accounts. In the end, all this will be costly, because a healthy and able-bodied people are also the basis of the economy. The government cloaks its ideological choice of scrapping the welfare state in the cloak of necessity. There is supposedly no alternative to the policy pursued. Such a story may appeal to some, but it has little to do with the truth. There are always options in politics. If the Government wants to strengthen public finances, the focus must be increasingly on the revenue side. It says a lot about the Government's values that the only significant proposal that will generate additional tax revenue is related to the increase in value added tax. The increase in value added tax will hit low-income Finns and small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the domestic market hardest. While social security indices have been frozen at the same time, it is the poorest who pay the highest price for the VAT increase. The weakening tax revenue is a major challenge for central government finances. But you are not ready t