Black/Green balance sheet summarized – highest prices, highest debts, less prosperity, more unemployed
Vienna (OTS/SK) – SPÖ club chairman Philip Kucher reacts to the disaster balance sheet issued by the head of the fiscal council, Christoph Badelt, to the black-green federal government. In summary it reads like this: Highest prices, highest debts, less prosperity and more unemployed people. Kucher: “The ÖVP has lost control of our money. Anyone who thinks it’s a good idea to let Black/Blue watch over tax money in the future is seriously mistaken.” ****
In its analysis, the Fiscal Council also agrees with the SPÖ. Instead of reducing inflation, the government spent billions on one-off payments that cost a lot of money but evaporated very quickly. As a result, inflation remained the highest in all of Western Europe for over 1.5 years. Kucher: “Spending the most money but achieving the least effect is like a fire department using the most water but then still burning ablaze.” This is taking its toll today, confirms the Fiscal Council, as it is a main reason for the rising national debt is the additional spending in all areas due to record inflation, which has eaten through all areas of the budget. So government policies were not only bad for the people, but also for the budget. Austria’s debts have exploded. Kucher: “Instead of being ashamed of it, Nehammer presents a paper without any counter-financing. Kickl has neither a plan nor counter-financing, but immediately rules out the possibility that the tax system will become fairer in the future.”
As a reminder: In his Austria plan, Nehammer announced that he would add another 14 billion euros in debt to the record debts he himself was responsible for. “That no longer has anything to do with responsibility. Everyone knows they can’t keep it up. A black and blue austerity package after the election has long been being prepared in the background,” summarizes Kucher.
All of this results in a directional decision for September 29th: Will there be a black/blue austerity package that cuts health and pensions, or will the SPÖ become strong enough to prevent that. With the SPÖ you will reap a fairer tax system, in which corporate tax treaties from the FPÖ and ÖVP of the past will be taken back and there will be a fair contribution from millionaires to Austria’s prosperity and in return performance will be more worthwhile again. (End) lk/pok
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