Why doesn't the media protest against 'free' election broadcast time?

The hypocrisy of the Brazilian press is a joke.

Today, the President is being blamed for the increase in the Party Fund to R$ 868 million in 2015.

The increase was approved unanimously by all parties.

If Dilma were to veto it, she would have to personally determine an amount, through a provisional measure, in accordance with the Electoral Law.

That is, of course, if his veto were not overturned, which would be expected given that the amount did not face a single opposition in Parliament.

Is the price absurd?

Does it hinder fiscal adjustment?

It can be easily resolved.

Simply repeal the same law that establishes that radio and television stations have the right to be paid for broadcasting "free airtime" for election propaganda.

It's a fortune almost equal to that of the Fund: R$ 839,5 million, in the last year alone.

That's more than the combined expenses – monstrous, by the way – of Dilma, Aécio, and Marina's campaigns.

Since 2000, no less than R$ 4,5 billion has been transferred to media companies as a form of tax waiver.

And it's not even possible to know how much each broadcaster received, because the Internal Revenue Service, the Comptroller General of the Union, and the Ministry of Finance claim that... This is protected by "tax secrecy."".

Here's a good way to practice austerity.

Ultimately, the election broadcast time costs the stations nothing, as they reschedule all their commercials without losing a penny.

How about this suggestion?

After all, it's money from the same public treasury.

I don't know what could be different about identical amounts, both coming from the "widow".

It is clear that Congress has "compensated" for what it knows to be inevitable: the end of private funding for parties and candidates.

Not even Gilmar Mendes will be able to prevent it.