17.08.2011                      17.Aw-Elul, 5771

Israelischer Sommer:

Israel's socioeconomic panel to shift focus from middle class to poor

Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg and his team of experts will deal with low-income groups that would benefit the most from reforms.

The committee tasked with forming a new socioeconomic policy in response to the tent protesters is likely to focus on lessening the burden for the fifth decile of households and lower.
The fifth decile is considered lower-middle class, meaning that the middle class and upper-middle class leading the protests are unlikely to be the main beneficiaries….