Budapest mayor: 2024 draft budget would ‘bleed Budapest out’ further
Next year’s draft budget would “bleed Budapest out” even further, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
Government support for the city would come to HUF 34.5 billion (EUR 9.4bn), up from 33 billion this year, meaning that the real value of the funding would decrease, he said.
At the same time, the solidarity tax imposed on the city would increase from HUF 58 billion to 75 billion, he said.
“This year, the city funded the government with HUF 25 billion; next year, that funding would be over 40 billion,” he said.
That money could ensure the city’s operation for 82 days, he noted.
Meanwhile, the draft budget would also cut funding for “activities and services in localities and communities” by one-fifth, “exposing the lie” that the solidarity tax levelled at cities would help support smaller localities, he said. Environmental protection, social services and railways would also suffer, making the budget “not just anti-Budapest but an anti-municipality one”, he said.
Karácsony called on Budapest residents to give their opinions in an ongoing online survey on the city’s affairs.
“The extraordinary situation warrants extraordinary measures: we will take the government to court. We will prove not only that the anti-Budapest policy is harmful for the country but also that it is unlawful,” he said.
Source: MTI
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This guy again…
Hey, mayo Greg, maybe quit squandering money on woke nonsense–such pouring literally thousands of tons of paint on the roadways to mark up bicycle lanes or funding gypsy “community centers”–and the city won’t be broke. Just a couple ideas right there!
Orban – Leads a BROKE Government – they have NO Money.
Orban – hopefully his last stand as Prime Minister – his destruction of Democracy in Hungary, moving at PACE into a Governance of Hungary under Communistic/Dictatorship styled regime, in alignment with China and Russia, will increase to raise Government revenue/income – increase taxes – on us – the citizens of Hungary.
Orban – will “screw” the Districts of FUNDING – using his renowned BLAME game on OTHERS – never admitting he and he alone has been WRONG – led us as a country into the MASSIVE debt BLACK hole, a nadir place, of having no funds available for dispersing to Districts, all through his and his Governments incompetence – in Financial and Economic management.
The “Drying” up of European Union Funding, through the acts of criminality, judged through the Courts of the European Union – all of Orbans “ownership” and “directing” – he did the Crime and NOW he pays for it, and we in millions INNOCENT victims of his wrong doings – the Citizens of Hungary – our individual lives – our Quality of Life – we are PAYING a HEAVY Burdened Price – DEPRESSIVE.
Orban – will increase through TAXES personal & business – increase substantially – TAXES.
NOTHING in Hungary is getting cheaper and WE the citizens of Hungary – we are paying a DESTRUCTIVE Heavy Price – for a Prime Minister -Victor Orban and a Government, that see’s us as a country HUMILIATED and Financially and Economically – Devoured.