Pedro Buerbaum is one of those young people who became known on social networks thanks to having set up a waffle franchise, La Pollería, with sweets in the shape of sexual organs. A business that went viral back in 2020, and that led him to create his own podcast, Worldcast, where he chats with the most diverse characters.
The last to pass by his chair was Pepe Álvarez, leader of the General Union of Workers (UGT), who attended the speech of the 29-year-old entrepreneur, whose podcast is number 1 on Spotify this week, perplexed; and that, barely breathing, he actively and passively insisted that “paying taxes in Spain is wrong.”
The entrepreneur did not hesitate, speaking with Álvarez and openly about some of the most discussed topics about the economy today, such as pensions or the payment of taxes.
Among other things, Álvarez began by pointing out the importance of paying taxes, when Buerbaum cut him off, reminding him of the value of the job and against the increase in taxes on those who have the most who, according to the young businessman, are increasingly They went more from Spain.
“Sooner or later I want to leave Spain, because this is unsustainable,” Buerbaum began by saying. “All that money that I contribute to my pension, why not give me the freedom to have that money in my possession and if I want, when I retire, I have it in Punta Cana. Because it is my life,” he insists. .
“The rich leave, but there is a bill to pay, and who pays that bill? The middle class that becomes the lower class. I'm not willing to jump through hoops. Am I a slave, perhaps? “Am I property of the state?” the podcaster insisted, with Álvarez reminding him that money generates employment and, therefore, more wealth for everyone. The businessman, very clearly, assures that “the public sector steals from the private sector.”
“You have the right and you will do it, but you don't expect me to applaud you,” Álvarez told him, because “The State has given it to you and you have a moral debt.”
Not content with that, the businessman tells how he feels the fiscal pressure and how he values the issue of pensions. “Pensions are a Ponzi. They are going to fall, there are not going to be pensions in a couple of decades,” says Buerbaum, when Álvarez tells him that pensions “are a system that works.”
“Soon each young person will have to support 2.5 pensioners, do you still believe it is sustainable?” Buerbaum asked. “If jobs and wealth continue to be created, the pension system will be maintained,” replied Álvarez, who also took the opportunity to remind him that the entire business and social machinery depends on these taxes.
A week ago, the podcaster complained on his social networks about the amount of taxes he had to pay. “My advisor called me to tell me the amount I have to pay to a half-mafioso parasite partner called the Spanish Public Treasury. This is a shame. I'm not going to work today, why? So that. “I'm not going to pay an entity that doesn't give me anything and only brings me problems,” he began by saying.
The talk with Pepe Álvarez is just one of Buerbaum's conversations on his podcast, who seems to interview a type of people with a marked ideological tendency to maintain cordial talks (characters like little Nicolás, the owner of Desokupa, Santiago Abascal...); a very marked profile for its audience, the vast majority of which are young and adult men.
