budget speech for the 2010 budget - BFL Group - 04.12.2009, Group Chairman Bernd O. Fried olfactory Dear Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen
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ladies and gentlemen. Without
long prefaces and without straining your patience further, I begin my remarks, first from a different level of consideration, also by looking outside the box. First a few facts and figures from the financial and budgetary affairs of federal policy.
have the consequences of the financial and economic crisis at the federal, state, local and social security, in the first half of 2009, a hole of more than 57 billion / in words ripped 57 000 million euros in cash. Read at the Federal Statistical Office - the deficit widened by € 50 billion within a year.
The reasons for this are Finanzdesater you all know. I call the perpetrators: They were the banks and sometimes with the complicity of the politicians on the boards. We think especially of the BY-state bank.
gigantic cost of bank rescue, the cost of short-time work and both stimulus packages have brought to the fast spending, as revenues from taxes have decreased substantially. We feel today and immediately by the bad news on Wednesday that will suffer, according to projections for 2010, the EC tax for our city of 2.7 million €.
In the social health insurance schemes and the gaping holes billion. In 4 weeks, the end of 2009, the public sector therefore with 1.7 trillion / ---- 1.7 trillion € ---- that is, we are indebted to another criterion will miss the euro stability pact by far. With a total debt of more than 74% of the gross domestic product, we are exceeding the prescribed rate far exceeding 60%.
In aviation there is a phenomenon, called spin, the spiral. The aircraft turns around its vertical axis with increasing speed and stall out and clean-up to the fatal crash. In the same situation is our Republic. To recognize the figures which I will now call:
Exactly 30 years ago, in 1979, it was the second oil crisis, the debt rose to 200 billion for the first time €. Ten years later it was € 475 billion, according to another decade of 1999, there were already € 1.2 billion and € 1.7 trillion today.
This debt spiral will revolve faster in the future, because next year the federal government will have to include only a record high of 100 billion €. Although the new debt should be reduced gradually in the following period, according to official financial planning itself in 2013 with 46 billion € have been almost as many new mortgages as in the current financial year.
At this point I would like to quote the BDI President Keitel: "In a crisis, it is not enough to drive out of sight. For with this supposedly safe course is already capsized the Titanic. Therefore, one must look beyond the horizon and wonder where you will land at all, "
Finance ministers from federal and state governments have established with the so-called debt break even on a leash. Consequently may subsequently be structural, not cyclical so net borrowing by the Federal from 2016 up to 0.35 percent of gross domestic product - less than a tenth of current rates. And, according to this definition, may the states from 2020 to spent any more debts.
hold promise in this situation today, tax cuts and other benefits for our pure "populism" say so, most experts all over the country. - Especially when you consider that public funds have to withstand up to 2012 cyclical tax revenue of 300 billion €.
Not that anyone has the idea this was no pessimism ----, ,----- colleagues there are facts and figures.
Currently each of the 82 million Germans is with € 19,800 in debt. Although few people understand the national debt than their debts. But that will change dramatically. For the first who must respond to the financial problems we are getting the communities and our citizens to feel it immediately. For our main source of income, the business tax are predicted at the federal level down to 40% loss of revenue for the coming years.
The positive signals that it is up to the economy are still elusive. From extended working hours and be imminent bankruptcies to rise next year the unemployment figures further. A few days ago, the International Monetary Fund pointed out that the banks had written off the world to spring for 1.1 billion euros in securities. They are only about ¼ of the rotten paper warns Prof. sense of IFO Institute.
The insolence of many banks that were supported with billions of taxpayer dollars, is that they sell these funds already toxic assets. Shall be offered on the New York Stock Exchange, as there had been no financial crisis, recently called "Remic. They are bundled toxic and non-toxic securities tied to the new packages, with promises of large bonuses to investment banks for top retailers. Considered by experts as a starting point for a new financial crisis.
Let's go back to Bavaria, the BY-state bank. From the "Black Book 2009" the taxpayer shows that the Free State had to meet the financial needs of the state bank with a debt from 10 billion euros to save it from bankruptcy. Ladies and gentlemen, this has an impact on our financial resources, as in the previously described "bad news" is mentioned. The display of the taxpayers' federation in December 2008 on the prosecution to date has not even led to a document number. A criminal treatment against former and current board members remain from the past. Bayern driven into debt, says the same article. The bill for paying the tax payer.
We think especially today in the adoption of the budget in 2010 because the tax money is only borrowed taxpayer money to politicians that we, ladies and gentlemen and ladies, trust services as defined in the public interest for citizens and appropriate use should. Consider also that until the taxpayers' Memorial Day, which this year was the 14th July, the tax payer for his own wallet works. For the high-income taxpayers is the dependency ratio, this year at 53.3 percent, increasing in proportion to the "benefits" to finance the state or the municipalities through the tax and social contributions.
Before this important background, we consider our decisions for the 2010 budget.
The immediate consequences of this that I have described previously reduced resources, we feel immediately. As a recent example, the Free State has now made the 'model Landshut " withdrawn. An important task of the city and county now must shoulder alone.
And that brings me to our 2010 budget, which we will adopt today. Let me here some of us go much appearing points.
Our guideline to the 2009 budget is in the context of an overall debt burden of our city from around 264 million €, a balanced budget without borrowing.
The tax net income for 2010 is around 79 million € 3.3 million € to 2009. Even in detail the business tax receipts for 2010 are around € 6.6 million higher than in 2009. They are, in our opinion, all very fragile figures which I hope our expectations.
The first shock that we received this week was that the increase in the district levy of 16.6% to 18%, drags us an extra planning holes of almost € 1 million. And it further increases are expected.
The second serious negative message that we received was the information that the expected revenue from income tax in the current 4th About a quarter of million € are reduced. This
are already signs of the overall difficult situation that we are in 2010 budget support over the next year and hopefully not into a new debt in order to implement the planned projects may budget.
The social welfare and youth services, we have growing costs. The federal government is withdrawing from these tasks. But on the cost-sharing for accommodation of the Hartz IV recipients, the state share decreases from 25.4% to 23%. Actually you should from the center of the city council will protest stricter than before. I therefore appeal to our City Council colleagues to sit in the Bundestag our worries and concerns vehemently represented in Berlin.
that we support youth organizations through voluntary contributions is necessary and good. We are, however, the funds made available to these institutions on a broad level, far too short. Aware that even here only a limited budget are available, they should be distributed better and fairer. Take, but please note that the essential support often comes from donations from social organizations, collected from citizens who are volunteers. Just as the many helpers in the youth services organizations that are committed to intensive volunteers, often without any pay. Pick up the state and local authorities have an important obligation that would otherwise be financed by taxes. We know that every euro spent in prevention saves the youth elsewhere in costs 3 euros for rehabilitation or other measures.
And this is where I say that from We think that this done volunteer work more recognition needs to find. And they should take measures to this we do not think of money, be better appreciated. As a constructive contribution to this our group will soon introduce a proposal to the City Council.
The investments and investment support from the Capital budget approach, we are in 2010 with 40% below the approach of 2009. This is very serious but given the financial situation probably no other way.
With the sale of properties we expect in the coming financial year increased efforts and income for the household.
The debt of the city continues to fall, but frightening for a total debt of € 264 million with a debt of € 0.223 million for 2010 low. Again, we assess the overall financial situation as the cause.
The claims of the city council a few comments.
Taking into account the financial crisis and the impact on the financial situation of the city, our group in the context of fiscal discipline introduced only one application, not the funding of the budget burden. Funding is provided through a loan for the cost calculator.
By and large the applications of fractions and the City Council colleagues and colleagues have their place, although the weighting based on the groups but is a certain imbalance. What we are probably all agree is the fact that the budget is under the current financial situation does not request show.
The all-party application No. 25 to the local archaeologists are in our view, certainly for one, from certain point of view, legitimate demand. Archaeology at the local level, in view of the large sites in our region and for the purposes of research for our social roots, a desirable activity. This function was about 2 years ago abolished by a vote of the then ruling party and transformed into a national task. The Budget Committee declined to 10:2 against the request. Of course, the entire City Council meets today the final decision.
far so good! addressed this issue in a meeting of the citizens is also regular table was understandable. That is, however, underwent a change of interpretation of the duplicated requests to the tables of the restaurant table, where an ordinary citizen of the City Council and a member of the Society of Archaeology in a party event, which takes not more agreeable to me. This is a prime example of lobbying. You wake attend a registered society with very philosophy needs to be taken seriously, we can not in this financial requirements.
from straight to them, Mr Radlmeier - they know that I deeply respect - and I expect them to have as county chairman of a major party more foresight in the sense of the overall context of a financial plan for a city with tight financial resources.
that it will now also require an individual vote for the proposal seems to me only suited their own profile and show promise may be justified in their club. I'm not sure if the finds full support of their "co-applicants.
I now come to the conclusion of my remarks. The
submitted to the decision balanced budget for 2010 is mainly based on the ------ happy fact that our city has been supplied to an investor who will bring us an amount of 8-10 million € taxes in the 2010 budget. I may well ask what the financial efforts are still under deletion of many important projects, thereby saving us and our citizens.
Unlike colleague Prof. Dr. Zeitler, we assess the 2010 budget not as "built on sand." We say much more he is still not on solid ground. We justify this with the still existing post of the new investor and the many obstacles amount to the overall financial position of our republic in 2000 influence take on the financial policy of our city.
In anticipation that these grants will be introduced in the 2010 budget, we agree, without the group "Citizens for Landshut," the balanced budget deficit.
Thank you, Mr. Aigner, for the result of extensive preparation and implementation of the balanced budget plan 2010th The result, which was under special circumstances, the financial crisis and the now almost daily bad news from them, Mr. Aigner is developed, particularly appreciated by us. We also thank
her entire team for this achievement.
a thought I have to conclude that at the entire City Council and the administration is directed:
We must be aware that we are all sitting in a rowboat and only with mutual respect, transparency, at eye level, in tune the boat "Landshut" can move forward. Without this unity, the boat remains available.
Thank you for your attention.
.JPG)
