Provision for Raising Old Age Pensions Absent from Budget Bill
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Labor party representatives on the Knesset Finance Committee were astonished to learn that a provision for raising old age pensions was excluded from the state budget bill.
According to its coalition agreement with the Kadima party, the government was supposed to allocate NIS 330 million to raise old age pensions.
A government official said that in the case of old age pensions, the Knesset would need to pass separate legislation.
Labor party leader and Defense Minister Amir Peretz is currently discussing the issue with Finance Minister Avraham Herschson.
Commentary;
Obviously, Rafi Eitan’s entry into politics and the resultant 7 pensioner MKs was nothing more than a power grab with no intention of caring for the needs of his constituency. Pension provisions disincluded from Budget and not a word, not a syllable from the voter-derelict Eitan. MB