The interview with the President of the Generalitat in the ARA still reverberates in Greater Madrid Media, which has experienced it as an affront—once again—due to the accusations of tax dumping against Isabel Díaz Ayuso. "The PP reaffirms its liberal line in the face of Isla's attack on Madrid," is the headline. The reason, which fuels the feeling of victimhood and vindication, making "Madrid" the object of criticism, thus, in force, and not its regional government. Subtleties that journalistic license allows. The World makes it even bigger: "Isla and the Moncloa wave the "Ayuso steals from us" to whitewash the quota." And they accompany it with an appeal to the piece they title "A campaign based on a lie: Madrid triples the contribution of Catalonia."
Ayuso's trap is to benefit from the capital effect to lower taxes as a measure to attract companies and large fortunes. Although she is a clean contributor, she still needs the State's resources to finance her public services, so the move pays off. additionally earned by Madrid –since the tax regime is more demanding–, so it is true that it contributes more than anyone else to the common fund, but while it is thinned out by this fund, which would be greater if companies were listed where they really have their center of activity, beyond the formalities of their tax authorities –to the right-wing newspapers–, of course, already unsupportive despite being the second in contribution– because this diverts the focus from where the origin of the Castilian desertification due to predation lies.
