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The City has significantly increased tax revenues while expenses declined considerably in social care, soup kitchens and employment policies for the high number of unemployed in the town there

The Councillor of Finance of the City of Cartagena recently boasted budget surpluses of more than EUR 13 million, of which 10 will be used to improve the balance sheets of financial institutions.

United Left-Greens want to denounce the keys to understanding the situation.

Cartagena have entered last year 570,000 euros more than planned in the payment of the fee for driveway, a million euros more than expected by traffic tickets, 700,000 euros more than budgeted in the tax gain, even 300,000 euros more than expected in the collection of IBI.

That is, the City has squeezed the already if impoverished pockets cartageneras families to nurture a budget instead was condescending shown to require other obligations, as they have entered 250,000 euros less from the Autonomous Community committed to the Public Safety Plan, while there has been a series of cuts that evidence the political priorities of the Popular Party and the serious effects they have.

The council has saved over 1,600,000 euros budgeted in street lighting, has shown a surplus of almost 400,000 euros in programs that the Agency of Local Development and Employment reducing 1.3 million budgeted for employment workshops workshops and schools, while the long-term unemployed and young, unskilled expect management responses.

It has also not fared better things in position at Municipal Social Services, which has been saved in staff and current spending 635,000 euros, despite growing social exclusion and marginalization to which it is subjected a large part of the population .

He said the PP in Cartagena recently it was not advisable to open the municipally owned nurseries during the summer months and dining rooms that guarantee at least one meal a day in conditions for children of families in difficult situations that could embarrass them.

The shame is ours when we note that in 2013 of 253,000 euros budgeted for contracts dining in nurseries only 141,000 have been spent.

They have achieved a saving to nurture those 13 million surplus and improve accounts of financial institutions with a contribution of 112,000 euros which is expressive of the "savings hunger" holding the PP in Cartagena.

Source: IU-verdes Cartagena