The average income of Murcia stands at 21,396 € |
The deputy spokesman of the Socialist Municipal Group, Marisol Sanchez Jodar has denounced today the general economic situation in which is the municipality and especially Lorca, in the words of Sanchez Jodar, "the Tax Agency recently presented the" Statistics filers of income tax by Municipalities (EDM) "and that the worrying situation in which Lorca is not only in the whole of Spain but also in the Region of Murcia is clear".
According to Sanchez Jodar, "this statistic, which offers a comprehensive overview of gross personal income reflects the inability of the current government team at City Hall to generate wealth in our town", noting that "it is totally incomprehensible that after the fateful earthquake and the huge amounts of money from various government and private institutions for the reconstruction and improvement of infrastructure of the city, they have not improved the income and economy of Lorca and these are below the national average and regional, nor for generating quality jobs ".
The Socialist councilor said that "Lorca is ranked 1492 national ranking, the last of the large municipalities in the region of Murcia and below municipalities many children both in population and territory and economic diversity, as Ceutí or Santomera between others".
"The carelessness and complacency of the current Councillor of Finance and the head of the City of Lorca, Mayor Francisco Jodar, does nothing to strengthen the axis Murcia Cartagena, which he now joins Molina, the first in the regional ranking with gross per capita income of 24,992 € compared to 18,476 € of Lorca "situation according to the socialist mayor," directly affects the purchasing power of families, mitigating their spending capacity and therefore to the economy and lorquino trade dynamism "
Sanchez Jodar noted as an example the two great works that are running today in Lorca, such as the Central Round and the Exhibition Centre, Auditorium and Congress, "awarded to finger TRAGSA Company Agrarian Transformation SA, under the Ministry Agriculture and preventing lorquinas companies eligible for the award of these great works ", which undoubtedly, as the socialist mayor," they had served to inject lorquina company more than 14 million euros for those who have been awarded "This situation has been repeated recalls the mayor," with the vast majority of the works of regeneration of neighborhoods.
To conclude, Sanchez Jodar, urges those responsible for the council to "not to question nor to put into question the data published by a public body such as the Tax Office," but "share the concern of the PSOE" and "work on a rigorous analysis of them, to analyze the causes and to propose solutions aimed at improving the quality of life of Lorca "sentence.
Source: PSOE Lorca