Sweden and large parts of the rest of the world are in a downturn with slowing economies. There is a daily report on warnings placed or executed. Both individuals and companies must adapt their finances to the new conditions.
Sweden is divided into municipalities and regions, which control their own budgets. Many municipalities and regions are running large deficits and are asking the government for financial help.
One such example is the Varmland region, which is struggling with a deficit of 87.4 million dollars. Region Varmland is governed by Social democrats with the support of the Green Party and the tacit acceptance of the Left Party.
The region imposed a hiring freeze on administrative staff in October 2023, which they later broke. In December 2023, it was decided that 750 positions within the region will be removed. In January 2024, additional savings proposals were made that affect the hospitals in Arvika and Torsby.
The latest savings proposal is estimated to save $2,010,000. At the same time, a new central hospital is being built in Karlstad, where the region has chosen to purchase hospital art for $3,496,000.
Providing healthcare is part of the region's core business. Buying art at the expense of healthcare goes against the region's job description.
If the government should choose to assist the Varmland region, which manages the region's residents' tax money contrary to the mission, I, as a resident of another region, become an involuntary enabler with my state tax money.
Politicians and official responsibility must be reintroduced. Stop wasting my tax dollars!!!
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