The Chairman of the Federation Council previously told the Ministry of Finance where additional budget revenues can be obtained. According to Matvinco, the preferential rate at which VAT is currently applied to gourmet products - oysters, lobsters and langoustines - can be canceled and raised to a total of 22%. "With these funds, you can build, for example, two new schools or a children's hospital, and lobster lovers, I think, will not suffer much, they will simply not notice," said the senator. In the main directions of budget and taxation policy, which the government submitted to the State Duma together with the draft federal budget for three years, the preferred rate of 10% and 0% for VAT for socially significant categories is kept at 22%. Social meaning somehow does not fit in with oysters and langoustines, but lobster lovers, we are sure, will not suffer much from this, because it is not them, but the regions that cut spending on services, social services, health and more, are gradually approaching the point where there are massive delays in salaries for public sector workers.