The Economic Emergency Plan: "Something will break here soon, we will slide to third-world credit"

Senior government officials intend to formulate an economic emergency plan after the elections, following forecasts of 250 billion shekels in annual damage by 2050 due to lack of equality in the burden. The plan is expected to include sanctions on draft dodgers. The opposition attacked the government.

Following the publication of data on ynet about the economic cost of the lack of equality in the burden, senior government officials say an economic emergency plan must be formulated urgently. According to forecasts, the damage to the economy could reach 250 billion shekels per year by 2050, due to low growth rates, 65 billion shekels in annual allowances to the Haredi public, and loss of productivity from reserve duty. The plan is expected to include sanctions on draft dodgers and harm to the conditions for receiving allowances. A senior economic official warned of a downgrade in Israel's credit rating to a third-world level. The opposition attacked: Avigdor Lieberman called for a universal draft law, Naftali Bennett warned of an 'anti-Zionist Haredi state', and Yair Golan accused the government of endangering security. The article also quotes Prof. Dan Ben-David and Shaul Meridor from 'Yashar!'.