Petra Gottschalk
In the recent city council meeting could be watched, that the city council to deal not just courteous to each other. One party accuses the other, it makes use only their own clientele, that is, voters with their applications, even in the Budget Speech especially parliamentarians are attacked. It is a real mud fight.
The parties are already in the election campaign.
The ruling parties CDU and FDP are opposed to the B-property tax increase, because this would affect the majority of their voters, the home and property owners. The SPD makes this request because she does not expect that such property owners certainly choose SPD could, they shall make the request because of the workers, such as the non-self-employed craftsmen, usually in a rented apartment living, and so from the property tax increase would not be affected. did not think the SPD to ensure that every apartment building owners flipping the property tax increase entirely to its tenants, so is the traditional SPD voters affected.
But considering the 13 million deficit, which has the 2010 budget would increase by one million more in municipal funds urgently needed for this would be the contribution of the property owners to consolidate the city budget.
In small amounts, such as women Office (4050, - €) will save you, here, one wonders whether the government parties have not seriously noticed that we live in the third millennium, this woman's office has a fixed base made in each commune is.
In a direct exchange of blows SPDler around screaming at the budget speech of the CDU and massively disrupt the speakers, thus the city council, father (CDU) was cited violently. Then, when the CDU members during a presentation of the City Council Winckler (SPD) to interrupt this with heckling, he must first turn to the CDU-City Council President, to persuade him that he brings peace and quiet.
A city council must be neutral in such matters, if he is not, he should reconsider his position and either issue or are not afraid to learn.
If the BFH to the microphone is set, an automatic like a general conversation among the CDU parliamentarians. Either they want to express their malice - for whatever reason - or they do not understand the contents of the speech, which looks nearly so.
But if the word "capitalism" is, it keeps the CDU no longer in their chairs. The CDU has apparently not yet perceived that that phrase "capitalism" only the technical term is referred to as our economic system and not a pure left slogan. We do not live in feudalism, not socialism but capitalism. It is not to quibble.
In the Budget Speech The BFH is the talk of the liberal theorist John Stuart Mill and John Maynard Keynes, who have dealt with the economic system "capitalism". Apparently, this was the members of the CDU is not known. Who are the members of the CDU since these two men held for Bayern Munich midfielder?
But perhaps this should deal with each other be a kind of rude carnival joke. If so, Hofheim not only has no idea of the proximity, but also a clue of carnival.
In this sense
Eure Petra Gottschalk
Here is my Speech on the budget:
Budget Speech of the BFH 2010 03. 02. 2010
Municipalities are caught in the wheels of two theories.
first, to come through tax relief or tax cuts the economy back on its feet.
On the other one is forecasting that the tax cuts are directed above all the finances of municipalities based. If we recognize
what is capitalism, we should recognize its potential, but also its dangers.
The essence of capitalism is accumulation, equivalent to exponential growth, which can tilt in misery. Through the principle of endless accumulation, capitalism destroys itself, to avoid this and to oppose this is the job that needs to each country and therefore every community to face now. The representative of liberalism
have this response. Sturart John Mill, who recognized the painting to a "steady state" from which will put an end to an irrational process. John Maynard Keynes shared the confidence that victory would be the reason. Thus we need a capitalism of the responsibilities and values, as has even the Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy expressed our western neighboring country to the point.
As the financial crisis has made the citizens would be worth a separate talk, shame would have to everyone.
has so far still no excuse largely to blame for the misery.
because our economic crisis is not an objective fact but a subjective fault.
Municipalities are the main victims, they are permanently damaged, as Werner Rügemer in his article "The plundering of the state" in issue 2 / 2010 of "Leaves for German and international politics" aptly.
But concretely Hofheim:
The budget debates are often desperate attempts to consolidate the budget, but the question remains where and how. The high deficit seems to punish all projects and any plans lies.
tax cuts, as taken by the federal government on the agenda milking the coffers of the municipalities rapidly. The request to increase the property tax B from 210 to 280 on the average assessment rate of the Main-Taunus-Kreis would bring, one million more revenue per year. That is about the property owners have not got, is on hand, but it would have been fiscal consolidation review of the property owners for the solidarity community Hofheim. Here one would have to agree actually allowed to do only with difficulty, given that the apartment building owner by moving them to increase rents, and so the citizens would have been affected with low incomes.
This increase would in any case have been the lesser evil, if one considers the pots could be in danger of becoming even opened yet. Or interpret the Kita-request at significantly different?
Was it in the mentioned topic by one million, so it's' the four-figure sums, will highlight the best - and will thus democratically legitimated institutions, speaks bodies to get rid of wanting to save with the given argument. to drive
The citizen participation in the parade, in which is to save on the boards, we must oppose.
Willy Brandt said: "dare more democracy", Hofheim obviously should move away from living democracy. Ironically
to want to save on Women's Office has turned down the barrel but the floor. To live without the million more property tax revenue, but rationalize the Women's Office coldly do because 4050, - €, which is shameful for a municipality and does not contribute to the glory of Hofheim in, quite the contrary.
We live in a democracy. Our economic system capitalism is suffering greatly, to the Hofheimer live in a still ailing democracy? How, then see the applications received in a few years back to the monarchy and feudalism? The women's office was already pushed into the heart of the sword, you do not even want to know how it could go further.
with Bert Brecht might say: "Truly, we live in dark times ..." In order to
Hofheimer citizens to quote here, be here noted that last Sunday noted at the opening reception at City Hall foyer Hermann Haindl in his speech to have to face again the question of what would Hofheim without volunteering, will be made especially in the field of culture, the background work of volunteers dedicated people. Hermann Haindl and pointed out that with all due respect for the need saving, they should be not always be the art of the victims. The
can we support fully.
We agree with the 2010 budget, no budget for a municipality is unable to act.
(Petra Gottschalk for BFH, 2010)
