'Fund crisis' statement from DEM member Beritan Güneş: 'We are facing a huge profiteering'

DEM Party Mardin Deputy Beritan Güneş met with members of the press in Mardin within the scope of her party's "Peace, Bread, Justice" campaign.

Referring to the economic problems and the funding crisis in the capital markets, Güneş said:

"On the one hand, there are children fainting from hunger in schools, and on the other hand, we are faced with a very serious fund plunder. We see that resources, which can almost constitute a country's budget, are stolen from the pockets of the people, from the workers' tables and from the future of children, with this fund plunder. We are faced with a huge plunder. So much so that the resulting figures almost exceed the limits of our comprehension. We ask how such large sums of money can be stolen and how institutions can turn a blind eye to such a huge plunder."

"WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN FOR THE TAXES I PAY?"

"When we look closely at the issue of fund profiteering, we can better understand why the people and workers are so impoverished," said Güneş and continued his words as follows:

"Because, unfortunately, a group of people are exploiting the resources of this country, the rich agricultural geography and the taxes paid by the people. One of the most important data that attracts attention in the budget negotiations is that the income tax has increased by 57.35 percent. What does this mean? It means that a significant part of the money we all earn, the wages of the workers and the salaries of the civil servants, is deducted as taxes. Well, the people of Mardin ask: I pay this much tax. What do I get in return for the taxes I pay and this budget? This is exactly our main question: Mardin people, What will it receive from the 2027 budget? What policies and investments for the city will it face?