Pedro Sánchez wants the self-employed to pay for the PSOE's pacts with Puigdemont

The Spanish coalition government of socialists and communists is preparing a massive plundering of self-employed professionals for 2026, 2027, and 2028.

The poorest parts of Spain will have to pay more taxes to keep Sánchez in power
A huge socialist robbery of Spain so that Pedro Sánchez can remain in power

A robbery of the self-employed, starting with those who earn the least

The socialist newspaper El País announced the new contribution brackets this Monday. The bracket for those earning less than 670 euros would pay 217 euros in 2026 and 252 euros in 2028, a rip-off that in many cases means the State keeps 37% of the tax revenue of a professional who barely earns enough to pay their most basic expenses. At the highest rate, the fee would increase from 796 euros in 2026 to 1,209 euros in 2028: a real rip-off.

This plundering of the self-employed has provoked rejection from the parliamentary opposition and business organizations. In turn, Lorenzo Amor, president of the National Federation of Self-Employed Workers' Associations (ATA), has described the measure as "a new blow" and has asked that it be voted on in the Congress of Deputies so that "the political parties can be portrayed".

UGT puts socialism above the interests of the self-employed

On the other hand, Pepe Álvarez, general secretary of the socialist union Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), has defended the measure, which is no surprise, considering that the organization he heads has always defended more tax increases and is always damaging the interests of the self-employed, putting its ideology above the interests of the Spanish people and specifically of workers, the self-employed and small business owners.

Paying the bill for Sánchez's pacts with Puigdemont

You don't have to be a fortune teller to figure out the reason for this new leftist robbery of the self-employed, a group that is at an all-time low in Spain due to the predatory policies of the socialist and communist government. Let us remember that Sánchez promised his ally, the separatist Puigdemont, that he would forgive Catalonia's debt to the State, a concession to allow him to remain in La Moncloa Palace in exchange for further impoverishing the rest of the Spaniards, who would have to bear the cost of years of incompetence by the governments of that region, where separatists and socialists have been alternating in power for decades.

In addition to that, Sánchez has decided to grant Catalonia 100% of the management of its taxes, breaking solidarity between regions and harming the poorest areas of Spain, leaving the country on the brink of collapse. And all so he can stay in power a little longer, which has proven to be the socialist leader's particular addiction. An addiction to power whose bill Sánchez now saddles the self-employed with for them to pay, at the cost of losing even more income and even being forced to close their businesses.

A government without a budget and that fails to fulfill a constitutional duty

All of this, let's not forget, while Sánchez has been without a new general state budget since 2022, public accounts that the government of socialists and communists has postponed. Now he is considering not even presenting them, as he does not have the support of Puigdemont's party to approve them, thus violating the obligation set out in Article 134 of the Constitution, point 3 of which states: "The Government must present the General State Budget to the Congress of Deputies at least three months before the expiration of the previous year's budget."

A government should not remain in power for another day under these conditions. However, Sánchez seems willing to sink our economy to cling to power, destroying the various sectors that create wealth and jobs in Spain, and forcing self-employed professionals to pay for the PSOE's pacts with the separatists, in a genuine robbery that should result in the current prime minister being brought to court. Spain cannot allow a government to violate the Constitution, destroy our economy, and ruin the Spanish people with impunity, all to satisfy Pedro Sánchez's personal interests.

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