Viennese tax waste: Millions for failed integration projects!

Viennese tax waste: Millions for failed integration projects!

In Austria there is currently an intensive debate about the financial burdens from asylum policy. Hannes Amesbauer, the security policy spokesman for the Freedom Party, has sharply criticized the enormous sums that are incurred by programs for migrants. The focus is particularly on youth college, which aims to convey language skills and basics for Integration into the labor market. This project costs taxpayers around 40 million euros, with both the labor market service (AMS) and the city of Vienna bear the costs. According to Amesbauer, only about 25 percent of the participants actually reach a job, which drives up the expenses enormously, since 460 euros per participant are paid per month to ensure a livelihood.

tax increases for Austrians

Amesbauer further expressed that the government is fishing with plans for new taxes, while at the same time funds are provided to support the asylum system. "There is fresh money for migrants, new taxes for Austrians," said his concise comment on the injustices in the system. He accused the former government parties to act against the increase in costs and warns that these practices in the city of Vienna are tolerated by the SPÖ and the ÖVP.

Criticism of asylum policy and the high financial burden is getting louder, while the social network for needy Austrians is subjected to a permanent test by programs such as energy support. The tension between the costs of the asylum industry and the support of local people in need becomes the decisive political question in the coming time.