The Moderates' economic policy spokesperson, Elisabeth Svantesson, thinks it is good that the January parties are investing heavily in a recession and she does not mind that the budget reforms mostly consist of borrowed money, but then the political priorities must be the right ones.
- It's about what you do with the money, she says.
According to Svantesson, the total of 105 billion in the budget has not been used properly.
There are no investments to fight gang crime, but above all Svantesson does not believe that the budget reforms - such as raising the unemployment fund - will provide any new jobs.
- All efforts must be made to reduce unemployment and this is not done in this budget, she says.
"Incredibly sprawling"
The Sweden Democrats' economic policy spokesman, Oscar Sjöstedt, also thinks that the budget is misdirected, without a clear line in the reforms.
-It's incredibly scattered.
It is clear that this is a budget that is mainly about keeping 4 parties happy so that they can continue to govern, rather than solve the problems, he says.
Sjöstedt further says that the budget lacks lasting, long-term funding for the defense, the judiciary and the municipalities, which means that not least the municipalities will find it difficult to plan for their activities in the coming years.
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Oscar Sjöstedt (SD), economic-political spokesperson.
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"Risk of expensive supplementary purchases"
The Christian Democrats are not particularly impressed by the budget either.
The economic policy spokesman Jakob Forssmed describes the budget process as if 4 parties have "large-scale, hungry and without a shopping list".
Despite major reforms, the January parties, according to Forssmed, have not succeeded in filling the budget with the right content.
According to him, the labor market measures are misdirected and will not provide jobs for those who lost them during the pandemic and he also calls for initiatives to overcome growing care queues and an increasing care debt.
The government will therefore need to return with new measures.
-There is a risk of expensive supplementary purchases.
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The left's Ulla Andersson says that instead of an increased square deduction, she had hoped for a larger investment in welfare and for reduced economic inequality, but was disappointed.
- There is zero and no power of action (in the budget) when it comes to combating economic inequality, she says.
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