Despesa
The consolidation is underpinned by a mixture of revenue increases, which account for 80 percent of the total adjustment, and expenditure cuts.
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With the tax-to-GDP ratio already in line with peers and the 2013 budget set to push this ratio even higher, a large part of the medium-term fiscal adjustment will need to come from expenditure restraint. This would help bring the adjustment mix closer to the original program objective—one third revenue, two thirds expenditure. And given that Portugal’s spending is heavily concentrated on pensions and public wages—accounting for about two-thirds of total spending, these outlays will have to be at the center of spending reforms.
Do relatório da sexta avaliação, Dezembro de 2012 (páginas 55 e 56).
Claramente, estes tipos não contavam com a nossa augusta Constituição. Vai-se a ver e estão mais habituados a países com Constituições que permitem gráficos assim:
Do relatório da nona avaliação ao programa irlandês, Abril de 2013 (página 36).
