Speaking on RTL television, Linic said a lot of incorrect information was mentioned in public recently regarding the property tax announcement, to the effect that it would protect the rich.
He said the rich realised that they must give a little more than now for state needs, notably for health care, with which they disagreed, countering with lies and untruths and data that no expert at the Finance Ministry had.
Linic said higher taxes would be paid by those who had far more real estate than they needed, who did not rent it and were, therefore, really rich, so they should contribute more because, he added, the government wanted workers to set aside less for health care so that their salaries could go up.
Asked if the law on financial transactions would be amended, Linic recalled that the Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) did not agree with many government proposals that were actually to the HUP's benefit because employers were being asked to be responsible, to pay workers and taxes, and service suppliers.
He said many evidently did not get used to that in the 20 years of Croatia's independence, but added that many eventually realised that they only had to seriously work together with the government on new regulations.
As for the HUP's positions that the government mainly dealt with collecting its claims and not with illiquidity, Linic said this was incorrect, as the first thing the government did was to enable everyone who owed money to the state to roll over the debt over 36 months.
Speaking of the results of the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Linic said placements in the first six months of the year had gone up more than 22 per cent to help businessmen.
He said the law on financial transactions was a law whereby the government took on the huge burden of the financial consolidation of all businessmen, adding that the government would deal with each one alone so that he could invest and do his job.