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Minha prioridade será uma reforma tributária para reduzir impostos
44 classified statements · 1 politicians · May 9, 2026 · 20 min
Statements by Flavio Bolsonaro. 44 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Private Sector and Entrepreneurship, Fiscal Reform, Monetary Policy, Legal Certainty.
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Flavio Bolsonaro
1:47
About: reduce State intervention in business activity
How we value our... our Brazilian entrepreneur is by getting the State off the back of those who produce and create jobs.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes 'tirando o Estado do cangote' as a way to value entrepreneurs.
Flavio Bolsonaro
1:58
About: reduce State intervention in business activity
And that's what we're going to do.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says 'é isso que a gente vai fazer' referring to shrinking the State.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:00
About: send a new tax reform to the National Congress
I want to begin my transition, God willing, after the election results, already sending to the National Congress a new tax reform.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence declares an explicit intention to send a new tax reform to the National Congress.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:19
About: approve a fiscal reform
I fought there as a senator for this to happen.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims to have fought as a senator for the reform to happen.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:22
About: change tax legislation
And we're going to change the law, because it's in the law.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence explicitly says 'a gente vai mudar a lei'.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:24
About: reduce taxes with measures to offset revenue loss
Jorge, furthermore, you can't lower the tax without saying how you will offset that loss of revenue.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence says taxes cannot be reduced without explaining how to compensate for lost revenue.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:31
About: reduce taxes on fuels
This will change because President Bolsonaro proved that with a modern government, with a government that doesn't steal, with a lean government, with a digitized government, you can lower taxes and revenue will increase.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence argues for cutting taxes, claiming that revenue can increase.
Flavio Bolsonaro
2:52
About: reduce bureaucracy and burdens for entrepreneurs
Instead of entrepreneuring, they put it in a CDB, put it in some fixed income to yield 15, 17% a year, which is better than taking the risk of running the enterprise, of expanding your business, or of opening a new business, which will give you, I don't know, 17, 20% a year, a bunch of headaches managing people, collecting taxes, paying an accountant, filing income tax, of over-scrutiny, of over-persecution.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes costs and bureaucracy that discourage entrepreneurship.
Flavio Bolsonaro
4:12
About: reduce legal uncertainty and stabilize rules for entrepreneurs
So I know what an important business is, which is so vulnerable to legal uncertainty.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence reports that businesses are vulnerable to legal uncertainty without proposing direct action.
Flavio Bolsonaro
4:23
About: reduce legal uncertainty and stabilize rules for entrepreneurs
Whether by the Supreme Federal Tribunal or by the National Congress, where a large part of the parliamentarians — I'm an eyewitness to this — have no clue what it is to undertake in this country.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence attributes changes to STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) and the National Congress — describes the situation and perceived incompetence.
Flavio Bolsonaro
4:38
About: unify federal taxes
And if this madness that the National Congress promotes in tax matters, which I vote against, starts to truly take effect as of January next year, we'll have the highest value-added tax in the world.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence criticizes the reform saying it will result in the 'maior imposto de valor agregado'.
Flavio Bolsonaro
4:52
About: unify federal taxes
They're guessing around 27%; it'll reach 30% because of the exemptions that occurred.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence provides a percentage estimate of the tax without proposing change.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:00
About: unify federal taxes
In the parameter of doing a neutral tax reform, before it meant absolutely nothing.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes that the 'unificação' merged taxes and created new ones.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:10
About: reduce state intervention in the economy
A government that at every moment tries to control and interfere in private initiative, trying to regulate by decree, creating new taxes, you see what it just did to try to contain some fuel prices.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence criticizes an interventionist government and advocates less state control.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:29
About: facilitate import of petroleum derivatives to increase competition
Instead of increasing competition, instead of facilitating the import of petroleum derivatives, as I said, gasoline, since we only produce here about 80% of what we consume.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes easing imports as an alternative to the government's measures.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:42
About: reduce exposure to international oil price fluctuations
I am, yes, suffering the impact of fluctuations in the price of oil abroad.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence reports being affected by oil price fluctuations — description of the problem.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:47
About: reduce taxes levied on fuels
He creates, Jorge, an export tax to try to hold fuel prices here.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes the creation of an export tax and its local effects.
Flavio Bolsonaro
5:56
About: reduce interventions and penalties that harm retail merchants
to the gas station to seal off the gas station, accusing them of practicing price gouging.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes sealing of stations that discourages selling cheaper fuels.
Flavio Bolsonaro
6:25
About: implement technology in public administration
He's a guy who thinks artificial intelligence was made to manipulate video and photos on the internet.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence contrasts a mistaken view of AI with the need for technological adoption.
Flavio Bolsonaro
6:36
About: combat corruption and practices of political clientelism
He thinks he can do what he did back in 2003, at the time of Mensalão, and on the eve of an important vote try to buy parliamentarians' votes, like he tried to do now in the nomination of Jorge Teixeira to the Federal Court, releasing 12 million reais so that the senators would be moved.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence accuses an attempt to buy votes and advocates combating corrupt practices.
Flavio Bolsonaro
7:05
About: prioritize Brazil's economic interests in international relations
Because someone who no longer knows how to do politics, someone who thinks he can buy everyone, someone who doesn't care about Brazilian interests, who insults and offends the President of the United States at every moment, hoping there will be some retaliation against Brazilian companies so he can try to put the blame on others.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes insults to the US and ideological alignment that harms Brazilian interests.
Flavio Bolsonaro
7:43
About: defend Brazil's commercial interests in relations with China
He sucks up to China and there's no benefit at all for Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence criticizes alignment with China, stating there is no benefit for Brazil.
Flavio Bolsonaro
8:04
About: participate in economic blocs favorable to Brazil
We'll participate in the economic blocs that are favorable in the negotiations.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence proposes participation in economic blocs that benefit Brazilian negotiations.
Flavio Bolsonaro
8:13
About: strengthen cooperation with the United States to combat organized crime
Lula missed another opportunity to go to the United States and start really fighting the criminal organizations here in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes the lack of cooperation with the US to combat criminal organizations.
Flavio Bolsonaro
8:33
About: integrate and strengthen intelligence and investigative capabilities
It seems that once again... defending the interests of his voters, of the CV and the PCC, instead of forming a partnership with the United States, Israel, Argentina, exchanging information and intelligence to stop international drug and arms trafficking and the money laundering they do?
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence proposes partnerships and information sharing with allies to combat trafficking and money laundering.
Flavio Bolsonaro
9:06
About: implement stricter criminal legislation against organized crime
Next week, we're going to launch a project.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence ridicules empty promises and demands concrete actions against organized crime.
Flavio Bolsonaro
9:45
About: combat organized crime
And I want to give a message, also seeing and hearing through the press or through the cellphones on social networks, members of the CVIPCC, you have until January 1, 2027 to get out of Brazil, because either you'll be imprisoned or you'll be neutralized when we arrest you.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence threatens criminals, advocating arrest or neutralization as policy.
Flavio Bolsonaro
12:01
About: reduce the size of the State and decrease dependence on government
And my dream, and what I will accomplish, is to end big government, Jorginho.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence declares the dream of 'acabar com o governo' and reducing state dependence.
Flavio Bolsonaro
12:30
About: use technology and artificial intelligence to promote social mobility
But we will also show the way using technology, using artificial intelligence.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence proposes using technology and AI to scale opportunities and social mobility.
Flavio Bolsonaro
13:10
About: reduce the number of ministries
We'll start by cutting the huge number of ministries; there are 39 today.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence says explicitly 'vamos começar cortando a penca de ministérios'.
Flavio Bolsonaro
13:31
About: reduce the number of ministries
So we will reduce the number of ministries.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence reaffirms reducing the number of ministries as a policy to implement.
Flavio Bolsonaro
13:43
About: concede management and monetize federal properties through private partnerships
We'll put them out on the market to have those properties managed, so they become profitable, so the dividends from that management can be used as revenue for the União.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence proposes managing Union properties to make them profitable and generate revenue.
Flavio Bolsonaro
13:55
About: privatize state-owned companies
We will privatize again, sell the shares the government holds and a bunch of private companies will raise cash, and we will have something called technological governance in government.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence declares 'desestatizar' and 'vender as ações' of assets the government owns.
Flavio Bolsonaro
14:20
About: implement technology in public administration
Can you imagine this tool, with a sovereign data center, for the needs of the Brazilian government?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence proposes a 'data center soberano' and 'governança tecnológica' as a solution.
Flavio Bolsonaro
14:28
About: reduce public spending
For every cent of public spending, we will avoid waste.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says every cent of expenditure will avoid waste and be saved.
Flavio Bolsonaro
14:50
About: strengthen federal-state partnerships to boost regional development
Because we will give Santa Catarina the treatment it deserves.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence supports a federal partnership with Santa Catarina to accelerate local growth.
Flavio Bolsonaro
15:54
About: reduce the age of criminal responsibility
That's why I want to ask all of you, have no doubts, give me a National Congress, 70% mine, and they will change the Constitution to do, for example, a reduction of penal morality.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence calls for a constitutional change for 'redução da ... penal' (ambiguous expression, interpreted as lowering the age of criminal responsibility).
Flavio Bolsonaro
18:15
About: reduce taxes on fuels
Of tax reduction, of treating dangerous criminals as they must be treated — imprisoned or neutralized by the police.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states a 'redução de impostos' platform as the path to prosperity.
Flavio Bolsonaro
18:38
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
So, whatever depends on us, on this path of prosperity that we will offer, you will see the reassurance that there will be a more simplified State for you.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence promises a more streamlined State that appears less in people's lives.
Flavio Bolsonaro
18:51
About: reduce taxes on fuels
It is a State that will not want to be the majority shareholder of your company, because it will reduce the tax burden.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence says the State will not be a majority shareholder and will reduce the tax burden.
Flavio Bolsonaro
18:57
About: reduce excessive oversight of companies
There will not be inspectors hassling you.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states 'não vai ter fiscal enchendo o saco' as a promise of less oversight.
Flavio Bolsonaro
18:59
About: centralize environmental licensing in a technical sphere to debureaucratize
It will be a government that will centralize environmental licensing in order to de-bureaucratize individuals in a technical way.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes 'centralizar licenciamento ambiental' to debureaucratize projects.
Flavio Bolsonaro
19:10
About: debureaucratize and accelerate large projects
Accelerate the large enterprises that exist in Brazil, which, in the end, is a government that will put the institutions in their proper places.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence advocates speeding up large projects and reducing bureaucratic obstacles.
Flavio Bolsonaro
19:19
About: restore obedience to the Constitution by institutions and powers
Because with our National Congress, especially with our Senate, there is no power that will not return to obey the Federal Constitution.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says that, with his National Congress, powers will again obey the Constitution.
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