In an interview Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu granted to TheMarker in April, he summarized his tax policy with an ice-pop analogy. "You can sell a lot more ice pops at a cheaper price," he said. "Along the same lines, a lower tax rate can yield far greater tax revenue." And to prove his theory, he added: "What happens with free education? How is that possible? Because the state can...
Licking the popsicle stick
Netanyahu's ice pops are refreshing only for the private sector. They melt on the way to those who need them most, who are left with only the Popsicle stick, in the form of budget cuts.
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Oudeh Basharat


