Re: [nettime-lat] Brasil baixa impostos relativos a producao tecnologica

["h.d.mabuse" <mabuse@cesar.org.br>]

Caros,

Existe uma grande confusao que cerca a lei de informatica no Brasil, dentro 
dessa confusao vc tem como atores:

1/ as empresas que jah estao no mercado (como a Compaq) que estao morrendo 
de medo da concorrencia,

2/ o governo e empresariado de Sao Paulo, que quer ser o centro do Brasil 
em todas as areas e abocanhar todos os mercados (apesar de reclamarem de 
como S'ao paulo fica cheia de gente e poluida etc... nao querem abrir mao 
do acumulo de capital de mais um mercado), numa completa inconsequencia 
para com o povo...

3/ o gov. do Amazonas, que teve um protecionismo de uns 20 anos (via Zona 
Franca de Manaus, era moda na classe media comprar video cassetes de Manaus 
nos anos 1980) que nao ajudou a vida de ninguem nem mudou nada da economia 
do Amazonas, apenas ajuda a enriquecer uns poucos e mater uma elite

4/ O povo, que nao pode comprar computadores tao caros como os de hoje, e 
que pode sim se beneficiar dos incentivos fiscais que injetam dinheiro em 
pesquisa nas universidades.

Eu sou diretor de arte do Cesar - Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avancados do 
Recife (www.cesar.org.br),  a lei de informatica estah sendo usada aqui 
para consolidar um centro de tecnologia que vem se formando desde a decada 
de 1960, e que estah mudando o mapa da tecnologia no Brasil (pois o de 
cultura foi mudado nos anos 90, pelo Mangue Beat recifense), tirando o seu 
eixo do sudeste.

Eh bastante sintom[atico que, apesar das declaracoes tendenciosas do 
Secretário de Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, a materia foi enviada para 
a Wired apartir daqui do Recife  :)

abracos tricolores!

h.d.mabuse

At 05:57 PM 1/10/01, you wrote:
>[Este artigo saiu na Wired News e esta em ingles. Nao tive tempo de 
>traduzi-lo mas parece-me importante para todos os Brasileiros que 
>subscrevem esta lista. Gostaria de saber que pensam os membros da lista 
>relativamente a esta iniciativa de baixar os impostos relativos ao 
>desenvolvimento tecnologico como forma de atrair mais companhias, aumentar 
>a producao tecnologica e, teoricamente, aumentar o uso de tecnologia. 
>Cumprimentos. Ana]
>
>
>http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,41060,00.html
>by Paulo Rebêlo
>2001, Jan. 9
>
>Brazil May Slash Computer Taxes
>
>RECIFE, Brazil -- In an attempt to bridge the country's digital divide, 
>the Brazilian Congress last week approved a bill that would ease the tax 
>burden of technology companies so they could sell their products at a 
>lower cost.
>
>Backers of the bill say more people could afford to buy the technology, 
>thus accelerating the drive to modernize the country. In addition, 
>technology companies must donate 5 percent of their profits to public 
>universities.
>
>President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has until Jan. 20 to sign into law "A 
>Lei Informatica" -- the "Computer Law" -- which gives computer hardware, 
>software and cell phone manufacturers a 95 percent discount on the 
>industrialized products (IPI) tax to produce their goods.
>
>"Without the IPI exemption, the industry will have to incorporate the tax 
>to the product's final price, which would imply a higher cost to 
>consumers," said Carlos Salgado, a director at Compaq in Brazil.
>
>However, not all Brazilians praised the Congress' action. Officials in the 
>northern Amazonas region reportedly have plans to take São Paulo to the 
>Supreme Court out of fear that the new law would lure away Amazonas' 
>technology businesses.
>
>The Amazonas state is the home of the Amazon.
>
>Before the introduction of the computer law, only the Amazonas capital 
>Manaus was entitled to lower taxes and reduced costs for production. 
>Because of the special treatment, its economy has benefited from a healthy 
>dose of technology companies.
>
>Manaus officials worry companies will relocate to the more populous and 
>bustling São Paulo.
>
>"Companies won't come to Brazil if São Paulo is not a beneficiary state," 
>said José Aníbal, science and technology secretary for the state of São 
>Paulo. "It has the best location and human resources in the country."
>
>But the Amazonas region would still tout special treatment other states 
>wouldn't receive under the computer Law. Companies in Manaus would receive 
>a 97 percent discount on the IPI tax in 2002, with the discount gradually 
>reduced and eventually eliminated in 2013. Companies in all other regions 
>would receive a 95 percent discount, which would be gradually reduced and 
>eventually eliminated in 2009.
>
>"The region will keep total exemption of taxes in 2001, while the southern 
>regions will have only a gradual reduction," said Amazonas Sen. Paulo Souto.
>
>But most officials agree: The time is right for the government to address 
>the issue that the average Brazilian cannot afford to own a computer. In a 
>country where the minimum wage is equivalent to $90 a month, a Compaq 
>computer, for example, goes for $1,500.
>
>Brazilian students are also expected to benefit from the law, since 
>technology companies are mandated to give 5 percent of their profits to 
>public universities.
>
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