Catalan Fiscal Deficit with Social Security System 2006-2007 Source: Fundació Catalunya Estat. Date: 2009.

1. Catalan Fiscal Deficit
Social Security System

2. Plundering the Catalan pension system
Period 2004 – 2007
+ €90bn  23.9% of all State, has been paid by Catalonia
- €76bn  20.6% received by the Catalan pensioners
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- €13bn
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This is the ruin of Catalans
(Source: Cercle d’Estudis Sobiranistes. Elisenda Paluzie 2009)
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3. Contributions to the Spanish pension reserve fund
Period 2004 - 2007
7,1 million of
Catalans
contribute
€13bn
Spain
25,6%
The Spanish, that
are 38,5 million
inhabitants,
only contribute
€4,5bn
Catalonia
74,4%
We are the ones that finance pensions for the
Spanish, that they cannot sustain
(Source: Escanyar els pensionistes. Alfons López Tena. AVUI Diàleg 28.06.2009)
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4. How our pensions could be improved?
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With our own State we could use the €13bn (2004-07) in the following
way:
1. Increase general pensions by 25%
€175 per month x 14 payments = €2,450 each year
2. Lower contributions from companies and workers by 14.7%
while maintaining current pension.
3. Create a reserve fund
to cover future pension shortfalls.
(Source: AVUI – Diàleg: Escanyar els pensionistes. Alfons López Tena 28.06.2009)
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5. Contributory pensions in Spain
In Catalonia
pensions are too low
in relation to our
cost of living

Pensioners:
● 25% receive less than
€500 a month.
● Another 50% between
€600 and €800 a month.
● Only 25% exceed
€1,000 monthly.
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It does not take into
account the cost of living.
Catalunya
74,4%
(Source: Expansión - Economía y Política 6.07.2010)
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