Common funds

Policy accepted January 21, 2018

To combine the disparate systems of benefits and pensions into one general social security system so as to ensure everyone a dignified life.

That grants replace loans.

That the tax system be used as an equalization tool.

To simplify the insurance system.

That tax investigations and public oversight of the financial system be strengthened and increasingly directed towards financially strong entities and large corporations.

To better support families with children with higher child benefits.

That fees for public basic services be abolished.

That the profit from resources be nationalized.

Additional content

Common funds and profits from common resources should promote social justice and security for all, with human dignity as a guiding principle so that everyone can be provided with a good life in a just society.

Pension payments, which are mandatory payments by employees, can also be called hidden taxation on wage earners. The pension fund system and the social security system do not operate under the same principles and significantly discriminate against people when it comes to insurance. The systems are disparate and opaque, and most difficult for those who need them most. Instead of risky investments and enormous salaries for top executives, who currently control the capital of the pension funds, the unification of these systems could utilize that capital for the benefit of welfare.

The tax system as it is today is designed to benefit the wealthy through legalized tax evasion by large corporations or tax avoidance, and the public and public consumption suffer. Power and wealth have accumulated in the hands of a few, and resource rent has been privatized. Families with children see little to no child benefits anymore unless they are far below the poverty line. Profit motives govern investment, rather than human values and the creation of a good society. This growing inequality must be broken with a just tax system and the strengthening of public oversight systems for tax investigations and capital.

Fees are collected for healthcare, education, banking services, and transportation, and these fees are the same regardless of income. With reasonable resource fees and the unification of pension funds with the state treasury, society should be able to cover all basic services without special charges on the public.