Raul Garcia, the Atletico Bilbao footballer who asks to pay more taxes – Corriere.it

Quality, competence, attention to those who have not had the same luck as you. These are values ​​that often – not always – are distant from the world of football. Not from Raul Garcia, Athletic Bilbao striker which, during an interview with the channels of the Spanish newspaper El Paíshas “unbuttoned” on his human side even more on the sporting side: current affairs, economy, problems.

Everything about Spain, his country (the 36-year-old was born in Pamplona and has lived his entire career in La Liga, including Osasuna, Atletico Madrid and Bilbao). “We footballers live in a comfortable financial situation, of course, but this does not prevent me from knowing the situations that my friends and family live in – revealed Raul Garcia -. I understand that life is not what I am living: this is why we must be in solidarity. They will charge us a fee solidary

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: if we want a state where everyone can have a dignified life, we must understand the moment in which we find ourselves ». On the general situation in Spain, the red and white added: «There are people who don’t have a job, who can’t make ends meet, who don’t have money for food. I see it in my friends. Some are suddenly drowned by a mortgage, despite having two people working at home. I understand if they make me pay taxes. Not to debit, to collect so that everyone can benefit from it, yes, and I want it to be so “.

Speaking of taxes, Garcia added: “I’m not saying I agree on everything. There are things like wealth tax that I find difficult to understand due to double taxation. But I’m happy my taxes will go up if they go to what I think they should go. ‘ And again: “It is shameful that there are people who cannot live a worthy life.” And finally, an eulogy to culture, which is very important. For him and not only: «We players have no importance in society. A professor who is committed to educating and teaching values ​​has importance ».