Chapter 1484: Competing for profit with the people

Although Li Tao was not easy to refute Liu Jun's words, after learning about the financial situation of Malan City in detail, Li Tao still felt like he was cold from head to toe.

Before coming to Yulan City to become mayor, Li Tao repeatedly thought about the upcoming appointment. Of course, he could not change this decision. Cadre transfers have always been obeying the organization's arrangements. The Gao family ordered his generals, and he had no possibility of retreating in the face. Although Li Tao had a clear understanding of the difficulty of partnering with Liu Jun, the work in Yulan City was not without any benefit. At least the economic construction ability shown by Liu Jun when he was in charge of the local area was well known. Liu Jun at least laid a good foundation for him. As the mayor in charge of economic construction, this is very important.

Taking over a hot commodity is always much better than taking over a mess.

Unexpectedly, the total fiscal revenue of Malan City was the lowest among the capital cities of several southeastern provinces, which was much beyond Li Tao's expectations.

Where do the achievements of economic construction come from?

Of course it's data!

gdp data, total fiscal revenue data, employment data, per capita income data of residents, etc.!

Now, the fiscal revenue of Malan City is so small and the debt ratio is so high. Liu Jun is still borrowing money to build a garden city and has to pay *** housing prices, which is equivalent to spending a lot of money on one hand and blocking the way to make money on the other hand.

This is really hard to understand.

You have to spend a lot of money, yes; you have to borrow money to do construction, yes. Anyway, if you spend this money, you can turn into beautiful data and explain it to it. But you can't get stuck in the future. How big is the pot of money? How much rice can you put in!

Why didn’t you pay the housing prices when you Liu Jun became the mayor of Magnolia? When I, Li Tao, become the mayor of Mayor, you will have to pay the housing prices?

It's just a playful person!

However, Li Tao still resisted the anger in his heart. What he faced was not an ordinary young man in his thirties, but a powerful character who had reached the high position of deputy *** of the provincial party committee in twelve years. It was definitely not a good plan to start a rashly.

"***, if we do not sell more land, or the land price cannot be increased, then the growth rate of our fiscal revenue will still be relatively slow. Such a fiscal situation is very unfavorable to the subsequent development of Magnolia City."

Li Tao tactfully raised objections to Liu Jun.

Liu Jun had long been mentally prepared for Li Tao's objection. After telling Jin Youwei about the housing prices, Jin Youwei clearly reminded him that the new mayor would definitely have an objection to this.

Liu Jun smiled and said, "Mayor, what are your ideas for the future development of Magnolia City?"

Li Tao was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, he hasn't completely thought about this issue yet. After all, he has just taken office for less than half a month and has barely recognized all the members of the two teams of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. It can be said that he still has a disgrace to the situation in Yulan City. A complete development plan is definitely not worthy. However, it is definitely inappropriate to say to Liu Jun, "I haven't thought about it yet."

It's so unsightly that people are underestimating it.

"***, there is no complete plan for the overall development idea. However, the basic direction is to move towards an international metropolis. As a provincial capital, Magnolia City should be built into a metropolis that can be in line with the international community."

Li Tao straightened his body and said slowly.

Liu Jun nodded and said, "What does the mayor mean in the metropolis?"

"Specifically, the garden city planning previously launched by *** is one aspect. On the other hand, we must promote the rapid development of the real estate industry and allow more funds to gather in Magnolia City and the hands of the municipal government so that we can have a wealth of finance to support the development of the entire city."

Li Tao finally began to talk about the key points of his visit to Liu Jun this time.

Then, Li Tao saw that Liu Jun's eyebrows were obviously frowning. Liu Jun then stretched out his eyebrows, took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, and handed it to Li Tao. Li Tao quickly lit a fire for him, and a faint smoke rose in the office.

"Mayor, I don't object to the development direction you mentioned. Magnolia City should indeed move towards the goal of an international metropolis. To achieve this goal, the city's finances need to be more abundant and more available financial resources..." Liu Jun took two puffs of cigarettes and said slowly: "However, I think the way the mayor said to accumulate wealth is worth discussing."

The smile on Li Tao's face gradually disappeared and became serious.

A head-on confrontation, or debate, is about to begin.

"To build, you need money. This is common sense. But the ways to make money are diverse. It is normal and the most reasonable way to increase fiscal revenue by cultivating new tax sources. However, in recent years, many places in our country have emerged in the *** model of quick success and instant benefits. This is real estate. Artificially raising housing prices, then selling land at a premium, gathering a large amount of wealth in a short time, increasing the available financial resources of the city's finances. This method is abnormal and irrational. However, it is the most labor-saving. Our leading cadres have almost nothing to do. Every day, just accompanying real estate merchants to drink, sing, and slap the table or hit the head in the KTV private room, and then wait for a lot of money to flow into the government finance and into the pockets of those merchants... It's very simple to do!"

Liu Jun said lightly, unable to hear much emotional fluctuations in his tone.

Li Tao's face turned red a little, and he frowned and said, "***, this method cannot be said to be abnormal or irrational. As you said, many cities across the country do this..."

Li Tao's words are almost like saying that you, Liu Jun, are “innovative”. Existence means being reasonable. Everyone does this. Is it better than the managers of all cities in the country? Just you, Liu Jun, are you, are you, better than the managers of all cities in the country? You see these problems alone, and others are mentally retarded and incompetent?

Speaking like this is too arrogant.

Liu Jun waved his hand and said, "Mayor, many cities across the country do this, but doing this does not mean that it is correct. This is a gamble, and the result of the gambling is foreseeable, that is, three losses! The government, developers and citizens who buy houses will all suffer damage!"

Li Tao disagreed.

The fact now is that many cities rely on the gradual surge in real estate, sell land at high prices, accumulate a large amount of funds, and create one economic miracle after another. Many leading cadres have thus gained higher official positions.

Just talking about the per capita income of residents, the development speed of Malan City in recent years is relatively fast among major cities across the country. In other words, Malan citizens have a certain amount of savings, which provides a solid foundation for the price increase of real estate. With such good conditions but not using them, it is simply a waste.

Li Tao pondered and said tactfully: "***, I admit that the uncontrolled real estate fever may have certain negative impacts in the future. But as long as we control this degree well, this negative impact is not inevitable. After all, the government can obtain high land transfer fees for the rapid development of the real estate industry... Another advantage is also visible, that is, the rapid development of the real estate industry must promote the rapid development of the construction industry. The construction industry is a labor-intensive industry with a low entry threshold, which can solve many employment problems. In another aspect, increasing the per capita income of residents, that is, increasing the government's tax income. Therefore, I think the price increase of the real estate industry should be treated with caution, and the price cannot be simply carried out, which will seriously affect the development of our Magnolia City in the next few years."

Liu Jun said calmly: "Mayor, limiting real estate prices is not just the income from the government's land transfer fee, nor is it just the huge profits of real estate developers, but also the irrational investment of home buyers. A city should first develop the real estate industry out of the need for "stay housing" rather than the need for profit. Looking at the rapid development of foreign cities, government fiscal revenue is mainly through taxation and state-owned assets. No city's finance mainly relies on land transfer fees. After all, land is limited. We rely on high land transfer fees to increase fiscal revenue, which is equivalent to overdrawing the wealth of the next decades and when the land transfer is almost the same, what will Malan City rely on to support the development of the city?"

Li Tao said: "***, the total amount of reserve land that can be developed in our city is about 40,000 mu. In the next few years, with the development of the radioactive urban planning of Magnolia, the land that can be developed and utilized will continue to increase. In addition, the government revitalizes existing land, fiscal revenue will definitely continue to increase. I believe that in the foreseeable decade or even twenty years, there will be no land use tightness."

This statement is equivalent to directly rejecting Liu Jun's "land finite theory". The term of office of the Party Committee and the government is five years. Since there will be no land use tightness in the next ten or twenty years, what should I worry about? By that time, will you, Liu Jun and I, Li Tao, still stay in Magnolia City?

As long as we achieve results, our superiors will definitely see it!

"What should citizens do? We are implementing a high housing price policy now, which is equivalent to robbing money from them. The government overdraws land for the next few decades, and developers participate in this gamble with the risk of policy changes, while ordinary citizens are carrying heavy economic burdens. Once the real estate bubble bursts, the entire society will fall into turmoil. In the past few years of economic growth, ordinary citizens have accumulated a little wealth, which they have earned hard. Our government will randomly introduce a policy, or in other words, defaulting to the chaos of real estate soaring, which is typical of competing for profit with the people. What is the purpose of the ruling party? What is the responsibility of the government? Mayor, this is the key point we should consider!"

Liu Jun said slowly, with a cold feeling in his voice.
Chapter completed!