Molested On The Train

Splitting the money rustle ...

... is the title of an English comedy of the famous British author Ray Cooney. The visit of an idea is highly recommended.

What is possible in the private area, with views of the local finance a dream. Who has the speech of Mayor Frederick Gebhardt on New Year's reception in the city has listened to quickly realize that long (despite the experience of good economic situation) is no longer able to tap all eligible expenditures, without her, "Dispo.
On the one hand, the expenditure steadily, on the other side of the city increasingly siphoned funds or deleted.

as childcare: Long known for its high standard of quality in child care. Due to screw up an order from the Hessian Ministry for Family Affairs, the city must staff the key to the day care center receives care, but no Erlich subsidies from the state.
far, so bad. Anyone who has closely studied in the past, the newspapers continue to know that the country has getrichen from the municipal revenue sharing to cities and counties throughout Hesse 360 million €. For long does this deletion of the elimination of several hundred thousand euros.
And with the pending economic trade tax can now operate any municipal financial planning more seriously. So in the past, the business tax revenue fluctuated 38-19 million €.

are even worse for the districts dar. the Offenbach district is so heavily indebted that it once again the county levy (which is the money that municipalities must branch off the circle, so that it can finance itself) had to be increased. Here, too, must reckon with the City of Long additional expenditure of several hundred thousand euros.

My opinion:
We urgently need a comprehensive reform of local finances! Federal and state governments pay less and less to the municipalities and roll more and more tasks off of them so that they can meet their debt brake.
RUNS the rabbit is not! "The above" must finally understand that politics is not for profit on the backs of the weakest in the chain. The communities are the foundation of society and are like financial well-equipped.
What could we save a lot of money if you would, for example, abolished the regional councils, a bureaucratic monster!
Since I was a small local politicians but not anymore than to call in Wiesbaden and Berlin, we must resign ourselves on the ground first with the circumstances.

This means that the city called their financial security concepts must hang up, that is not reduced unilaterally in the social field.
But to take the people in his duty, I am for the (re) introduction of participatory budgeting. Citizens should be able to choose to use how and to what extent the city of their funds.
here goes to the relevant passage in the SPD Wahlporgramm!