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Yair Lapid (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org)
OECD catches Israeli Finance Minister Lapid in apparent lie
Finance Minister Yair Lapid raises taxes on alcohol, then claims it was because of a binding agreement with the OECD. Problem is, the OECD has no clue what he’s talking about. After only a few months in office, local news and social media arenas seem to be catching Finance Minister Yair Lapid with a new faux pas…
By Ami Kaufman July 29, 2013
'Food not bombs' action in south Tel Aviv, March 6, 2008 (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Lapid’s plan to tax fruits and vegetables harms society’s weakest members
If passed as is, Finance Minister Lapid’s new budget would increase the price of produce by 18 percent. VAT and sales taxes on produce are rare in the Western world because they disproportionately harm the poorest and weakest segments of society, which is exactly what Lapid’s proposal stands to do. It may seem like small…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 12, 2013
PHOTO: Yair Lapid uses Netanyahu’s ‘UN-Acme-bomb’ at economic conference
Remember when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a picture of a bomb while talking about Iran at the UNGA? Here’s a reminder, complete with excellent memes. Today, Yesh Atid leader and Knesset Member wannabe Yair Lapid mocked the prime minister at an economic conference with a bomb of his own, detailing the tax hikes of…
By Ami Kaufman December 25, 2012
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