Reservists and the Economic Party: Force sale of gas reserves and stop harming importers

The Reservists-Economic Party presents its economic platform: supporting the opening of imports, breaking up gas monopolies through forced sale of reserves, opposing tax increases, and calling for an end to harming importers to correct distortions in the foreign exchange market. The party opposes cuts to the defense budget and calls for increasing it to 6% of GDP.

The Reservists-Economic Party presents its economic platform as part of a special Globes project. The party supports accelerated opening of imports, including lowering tariffs and quotas and canceling excess Israeli standards. It calls for forcing the sale of gas reserves to break up monopolies and imposing temporary price controls on gas until then. The party opposes tax increases and calls for canceling exemptions and lowering income tax, corporate tax, VAT, and surtax. In the foreign exchange market, the party argues that harming importers through import barriers must stop, as these artificially strengthen the shekel and hurt exports. The party firmly opposes cuts to the defense budget, stating that the optimal rate is at least 6% of GDP. In real estate, it opposes raising taxes on investors and subsidized apartment lotteries. The party supports limiting lanes for public transportation but notes that public transportation is not efficient enough and does not operate on Shabbat. The article notes that Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, and Ra'am did not respond to the questionnaire.