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The Municipal spokesperson UPyD in the city of Molina de Segura, Encarna Hernandez, announced this morning his party vote against the budget presented by the government team in 2013 and which will be discussed today at the Consistory molinense.
According to Hernandez, this is a budget "that gets us nowhere, and does not respond to the main needs of citizens of Molina de Segura: employment and social assistance".
In a city with nearly 7,500 people unemployed, and with more and more families in need of social coverage, the games development and employment and social welfare are, as highlighted UPyD, which suffer the biggest cuts (about 800,000 euros less).
Services such as public transport also collect downs "brutal" while leaving "star promises" on mobility of local PP implementation of free urban transport.
UPyD denounced the systematic neglect of municipal budgets in areas such as sport, commerce and tourism (the latter two important engines of economic growth and job creation).
Once again, no subsidies or grants for sport, and the brand new promotion plan of small businesses began its journey without a euro aid.
In terms of tourism, has come back to regret UPyD improvisation featuring on government team press tour plans after have no budget provision.
In this sense, the political formation considers that "this unbalanced budgets in terms of subsidies and how they are reported budgetary certain covenants."
Specifically, the area of ​​citizen participation, UPyD deems necessary, for consistency, for the moment leave without running the management agreement Social Center of Las Balsas known as "Millennium Project" worth 20,000 euros, "at least until it is configured the new regulation on social organization of schools, and to the evidence that you can not export the same economic model to all centers and to prevent comparative grievances exist ", says Hernandez.
In general, this is a UPyD accounts "continuistas" where weight still very high fixed costs (staff and current expenditure on goods and services) and a residual weight actual investments.
For Hernandez, the cost adjustment has been made of how "easy", eliminating public works, instead of undertaking the "unnecessary expenditure".
According UPyD, the budget for 2013 increases its revenue estimates by increasing the tax burden on citizens, they have to compensate with effort decreased transfers coming from other government ruled by the PP.
Specifically, revenue from taxes (especially property tax, garbage and water, as well as other fees and public prices) increased by 3.4 million, "more than compensate" the fall grants received (-2.6 million ).
However, this does not impact better services or sensitive items rise today as social welfare or employment.
"Where does the money go?"
According to Hernandez, largely "to respond to the significant increase in financial expenses for the payment of interest on debt" which has grown to more than 41 million euros, after inclusion of loan payment plan suppliers.
The city spokesman pointed out that, although there is always talk of "new sources of funding, in the end turn out to be the same: raise taxes to citizens."
Hernandez also regretted that the government team "sell" tax freeze for 2013, when the budget figures are quite explicit in this regard.
Concrete proposals
Regarding fiscal policy, UPyD propose a series of concrete measures to improve transparency and oversight of municipal accounts and to provide emergency investments.
Specifically, other than information "crude" provided to citizens in the municipal Web budgets will be requested (a second time) an explanatory report of income and expenses, which are explained in more reasoned priorities and orientation of fiscal policy, why more resources are allocated to some areas than others, and for what purpose you raise taxes.
In addition, demand is present in the Finance Committee quarterly monitoring of expenses and income, and with the same frequency to realize the full.
On investment, political education is proposing a generic item maintenance investment for potential emergency actions, similar to that which exists for current expenditure.
UPyD believes part of that spending should be provided for investments in districts, since the autonomous region has gradually abandoned the budget to undertake works in districts and suburbs.
Source: UPyD Molina de Segura
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