It should not overspend, contribute to inflation, engage in chronic deficit budgeting or engage in unjust expropriation or impairment of property rights.

If there is a large difference between tax paid and services or benefits rendered, dissatisfaction is the result and government loses its credibility.

5.1 - Financial decentralisation

The ACDP believes in the principle that a fair distribution of tax between the three tiers of government is a better system for economic and developmental progress, for a decentralised infrastructure.

Each community or region will commit itself to building up its infrastructure through a finance system supported by the regions and as a result service delivery will be much quicker and more cost effective.

The ACDP believes that bureaucracy; tax and government interference should be minimal.

What will be required is that finance and fiscal policy be based on simplicity, stability, equity and efficiency, through a process of community or regional consultation.