Minister Paulo Gedes said mass vaccination is the best tax and public health policy for the country. The announcement took place this afternoon (25), at the event. CEO conference Brasil 2021 hosted by BTG Pactual Bank. According to him, “there will be no shortage of vaccines in Brazil due to financial resources.”

“The best financial policy you have today, and the best public health policy at the same time: mass vaccination. This is what will allow us to safely return to work and prevent the collapse that happened last year, when we simply did not have protection, and then we went only into social detachment, ”the minister said.

He added that medical care during a pandemic cannot be passed on to future generations. “Each generation has to pay for the wars that it creates and invents. We are not going to push this towards children and grandchildren, we are not going to put this debt at 100% of GDP. We have a double obligation: on the one hand, there will be no shortage of money for health, on the other hand, we will pay this bill. So the costs should be one-off. ”

Gedes also said that after the budget is approved, the focus will be on reforms. “There was a huge buzz in the budget. This is the first time a government has made a budget based on its parliamentary base, it has never done so before. Of course, there are only excesses. There is a minister who wants to spend a little more, trying to make a hole in the ceiling on one side. On the other hand, the coalition is also governmental, it wants to spend a little more, ”the minister said.

He added that the political agreement must fit into the budget and that as a result the agreement was reached, fit into the budget and did not violate the spending ceiling. “Now we have resumed the reforms, we are moving to the administrative one.”

The minister also said that he is negotiating with the chairmen of the House and Senate on tax reform and, in his words, “it will be easy” and “it will be difficult to oppose.” “We are going to make a federal VAT, the first simplification, we are going to slightly reduce FDI, supply a stove, a refrigerator, and make it a little more affordable. We will end up with some benefits, if there is not soon a tax on big fortunes, it comes, what comes, it is better for the guy to pay a little where he is exempt, ”he said.

During the event, Gedes conducted an assessment of his leadership, taking into account the so far positive results of the pension reform, the approval of the autonomy of the Central Bank, the regulatory framework in the field of sanitation and the privatization of subsidiaries, which, he said, brought in R $ 200. billion to the state in two years.

He stated that at the beginning of the reign there was no governance, but with the last elections of the Presidents of the House and Senate, a new representation in the National Congress was merged. “This new center-right representation has taken over as President of the Congress and House. In a few weeks, an independent central bank, a new fiscal system with triggers, sewerage, natural gas, post office, Eletrobras. That is, a series of reforms was quickly carried out. Bankruptcy law, start-up law, I mean, Congress is changing direction, ”he said.