The opinion piece stresses that pensions should not be considered aid or charity, but rather money earned and contributed by workers during more than forty years of employment. Despite having fulfilled their fiscal duties throughout their lives, the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) continues to apply significant monthly withholdings.
Many pensioners rightly question how a contributory pension can be taxed almost as if it were a normal salary, even though they are no longer actively working. The criticism focuses on the fact that they are being paid back what they already paid for decades, without fiscal laws taking this reality into account.
A country that does not respect its retirees is a country that does not respect its own history. And this, here in the Empordà, is very clear to us.
The main demand from retirees is not the total elimination of taxes, but the application of common sense and respect. They request consideration for a higher tax-exempt minimum and that they not be treated merely as a cash register to balance the State's books.
