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What Romeu Zema said about reduce interest payments and prioritize social transfers

Romeu Zema

Romeu Zema

February 3, 2026

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Romeu Zema: Now the poor who buy the cell phone in installments, buy the motorcycle and the car financed, are paying the mortgage installments—those people are suffering.

Romeu Zema: I say this government gives with one hand and takes with the other.

Because what it pays in interest, that 1.2 trillion, is much more than what it pays in Bolsa Família.

Romeu Zema · 47:02

Romeu Zema: If I'm not mistaken, it's on the order of 400–600 billion.

Romeu Zema: It gives a lot more money to rentiers than to poor people who need it.

Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence

Contrasts interest payments with Bolsa Família, criticizing the prioritization of rentiers.

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