Had you read our minority report, you would have seen that we had a point and you would have understood that, if the government had removed the ceiling for benefits, it could have cut contributions further for all business, including small and medium business, which creates jobs.
Instead, the government chose to go with high salary employees and business, big business and high tech and capital business. So it could have helped create jobs, instead of having the imagination and the courage to create conditions to cut contributions without reducing the account.
So, instead, it opted for a position that leaves contributions high, reducing them five cents per $100. Really, for small and medium business this means nothing and for big business and high salary employees it means they no longer contribute to the common good.
I conclude by saying that the surplus in the unemployment insurance account is a hidden tax for those earning less than $39,000. They will have to pay a tax, which we might call a "special deficit reduction tax on workers earning under $39,000". It would be the truth. This is where the truth lies, in our opinion.