Usually the nationals win. That’s just the way it is when national governments control the purse strings. I’d hate to be a prefectural governor right now, having to tell all your local bureaucrats that they’re taking a pay cut.
地方公務員の給与引き下げ へ 政府、交付税６千億円 圧縮 政府は１５日、首相官邸で開いた国と地 方の協議の場で、地方公務員の給与水準を 国家公務員並みに引き下げるため、２０１ ３年度に地方自治体へ配分する地方交付税 （１２年度約１７兆円）を６千億円圧縮す る方針を地方側に伝えた。山田啓二全国知 事会長（京都府知事）らは「交付税を使っ て政策を強要するのは、地方分権に反す る」と強調、方針撤回を求めた。 政府は、国の予算の２割を占める交付税 の圧縮で、財政健全化に向けた取り組みを アピールしたい考え。地方側は巻き返しを 図るが、月内にまとめる１３年度の政府予 算案では一定の減額が避けられない見通し だ。 http://www.47news.jp/CN/201301/CN2013011501001766.html
Reducing regional public employees’ salaries –Government to shrink locally allocated taxes by 600 billion yen
At a conference between national and local governments at the Prime Ministerial residence on the 15 th , the government conveyed to the local government representatives that in order to reduce the salary level of regional public employees into line with the national public employees, it would be shrinking the amount of locally allocated taxes distributed to local government by 600 billion yen in the 2013 fiscal year (approximately 17 trillion yen in 2012). Keiji Yamada, chair of the national governor’s association (governor of Tokyo prefecture) declared that “Using the locally allocated taxes to compel government policy is a violation of the decentralization of power,” and sought a withdrawal of the policy.
The government claimed the necessity of shrinking the locally allocated taxes, which make up 20% of the national budget, as needed for restoring fiscal health. Local governments are trying to have the policy rolled back, but it seems certain that they will not avoid some reduction in the 2013 budget which will be finalized by month’s end.
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