This can be traced back to the expenditure for the Corona special economic stimulus package from the “Upper Austria Plan”, such as financial advisor LH Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) and LHStv. Manfred Haimbuchner (FPÖ) announced on Monday. The zero-debt policy was “interrupted but not ended,” they emphasized.
Inpayments of 7.13 billion euros are compared to disbursements of 7.09 billion in the state budget in 2022. The bottom line would be an increase of 37.7 million euros. However, there are still 186.8 million euros from the “Upper Austria Plan” – so the actual net financing balance is minus 149.1 million euros. The state’s financial obligations, which were put at 2.76 billion euros in the 2020 accounts, are expected to rise to 3.6 billion euros by 2025, Stelzer and Haimbuchner expect, with the Upper Austria plan adding up to 918 million euros by then target.
Stelzer and Haimbuchner name the expansion of childcare as the main focus of the budget – 280 million euros are to be invested, including in 480 additional crèche, 1,173 kindergarten and 46 after-school care places. In the social sector, another 100 places per year are to be created for people with disabilities by 2025. 81 million euros are planned for additional investments in health care, 225 million euros for housing, 196 million euros for public transport, 181 million euros in road construction, 104 million euros for science and research and 203 million euros for the cultural sector.
Source From: Nachrichten
