In the household presented, some ‘deception’ are reinforced with which the state sells savings that they are not. The Austria agenda has discovered some “budget flatter”.
“The government has become really creative on the income side,” says Jan Kluge, economist in the Agria Austria. The departments know how to shorten themselves, but not all measures are actual savings. The 1.15 billion euros in the departments therefore do not mean “slimming” in all areas.
“Save” through adapted income
For example, the mobility area ‘saves’ due to a dividend increase at ASFINAG, which will transfer 305 million euros to the State this year instead of 255 million euros. In addition, ÖBB investments are stretched on time and moved backwards. “However, the need for financing remains. The costs have not disappeared, they will only fall later,” says Kluge.
The judiciary in turn achieves a large part of its “savings” through higher legal costs, nor are that “reduction” in this sense, but new income.
“Left bag, right bag”
A further saving for the ministries are the lower rental costs. “It’s already funny: the federal government has those rental prices where it itself appears as a tenant, will not be dressed on January 1,” said Kluge.
The fact is that the ministries actually save part of the rent. However, the landlord is known as the Federal Real Estate Society (BIG), which is capable of property. “It is a bit of” left bag, right bag, “says Kluge. That does little for the overall state.
The minister also has a few tricks ready for the subsidies. In some cases there are already very simple savings: because budgets that have not been fully used in the past are reduced, for example, in broadband financing or the energy cost fair for NPOs (clubs, etc.). “This doesn’t really save a cent,” says the expert. The financing is only more realistic, in the end it probably flows so much money as in the previous year.
Source: Krone
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