Saleh: Protect free school dinner, adjust parking fees!
Saleh: Protect free school dinner, adjust parking fees!
Resistance to possible cuts in school meals - a debate about just financing
in Berlin is currently a discussion about free school lunches for elementary school students for tensions within the SPD. The chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, Raed Saleh, clearly speaks against the deletion of this performance. This is in contrast to the position of SPD state chairman Martin Hikel, who wants to investigate savings in view of the tense state budget.
Saleh defends school meal as a social necessity
Saleh emphasizes that abolishing the free school dinner would particularly affect the hard -working families who are not among the wealthy. "We are talking about children, their parents in the hospital, the fire brigade or the police. These families should not have to suffer for budget cuts," Saleh told the German Press Agency.
a model from Hamburg as an alternative?
The SPD CO state chairman Martin Hikel had proposed on Friday to take the Hamburg model as a role model. Only children from low -income families receive free lunch there, while others have to pay. Hikel finds this solution worth considering to relieve the household.
Saleh's counter-proposal: Higher parking fees instead of school cuts
In contrast, Saleh advocates another financing alternative: the increase in parking fees for permanent parkers in Berlin. "20.40 euros for two years parking is simply no longer up to date," says Saleh. He is convinced that a "careful increase" of the parking fees could generate income in the millions, which could then flow into education and social services.The meaning for the community
The debate about free school meal is not only a financial, but also a social question. Saleh's proposal to strive for permanent parking increases reflects a trend in which the community resources are to be distributed fairly. In times of scarce coffers, innovative and fair solutions must be found in order to maintain social justice and maintain necessary services.
- nag
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