Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democratic Party backed his controversial reform course on the last day of a three-day party congress in Bochum. Although delegates vented their frustration with some of the measures by re-electing the party manager and economics minister by only slim majorities, in the end they got behind Schröder's plans to reform the welfare state and hopefully kickstart the country's struggling economy. Among other issues, party members called for reforming inheritance taxes, through which private assets could be used "appropriately" for future capital investments. The SPD also called for the introduction in the long term of a "citizens' insurance," in which everyone would pay into public insurance funds. Party delegates reaffirmed their commitment to children's issues, saying within ten years, Germany should become a more family-friendly country, with expanded child care, better educational opportunities and flexible working hours for parents with children.