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Steinitz: Cancelling Wisconsin is "populist, irresponsible"

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 2, 2010 14:39

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz criticized the government's plan to freeze the Wisconsin Plan in Sunday morning's cabinet meeting.

“Until now, we successfully avoided high unemployment rates of 10-20% like those in Europe and the US,” Steinitz said. “Last week, our struggle against unemployment took a hit, when the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee did not renew the program. Not renewing the program is a scandal that may cause thousands of Israelis to lose their jobs.”

Steinitz added that “the decision to cancel the program is populist, cheap and irresponsible. The Prime Minister and I decided this morning that within a few weeks, we will propose a new nation-wide employment program, and we will not give in to populist pressures.

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