Normalisation Budget

Proposed by Freedom For Us · Passed 9 Oct 2023

✅ Passed

Rationale

We have let our Country spend disproportionately much money on defense while people are in need; we have to normalise our course of action otherwise IMF will be our governor.

Figures show the previous budget where they changed the new value.

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	4% 10%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	12%
Personal income tax: High earners	28%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	15% 20%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$1,791 $1,813	$1,045	24.5% 30.1%	$163.0bn $165.0bn
Retirement	$330	$1,951	4.5% 5.5%	$30.0bn
Healthcare	$1,154	$2,397	15.8% 19.2%	$105.0bn
Education	$1,011	$1,652	13.8% 16.8%	$92.0bn
Housing	$209	$606	2.9% 3.5%	$19.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$385	$683	5.3% 6.4%	$35.0bn
Defence	$1,648 $330	$831	22.5% 5.5%	$150.0bn $30.0bn
Environment & Climate	$55	$241	0.8% 0.9%	$5.0bn
Business Support	$692	$593	9.5% 11.5%	$63.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$11	$258	0.2%	$1.0bn
Foreign Aid	$0	$69	0.0%	$0.0bn
Roads & Highways	$12	$385	0.2%	$1.1bn
Public Transport & Rail	$9	$305	0.1% 0.2%	$0.9bn
Energy Infrastructure	$7	$232	0.1%	$0.6bn
Ports & Airports	$5	$157	0.1%	$0.4bn
Total			100.0%	$666.0bn $548.0bn

Vote tally

Federal Council

Passed

49Yes 7No 14Not voted 70 seats

For: 49 / 70 filled seats (70.0%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 7 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 14

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alternative For Belvaria	3	Not voted
Anarchist Association	7	No	We reject this budget, which places an ever-increasing burden on the working class. The army is overfunded, but this proposal includes a ridiculous increase in the social budget and an absurd tax on low incomes.
Belvarian Peoples Union	17	Yes	we support this budget
Citizen Core	7	Not voted
Freedom For Us Proposer	17	Yes	No reason given
Partido Nacionalista De Belvaria	15	Yes	On second thought, and seeing that the public wants improvements to infrastructure that is in poor condition, we believe this budget adjustment is the best course of action.
United Left Of Belvaria	7	Not voted

National Parliament

Passed

346Yes 55No 99Not voted 500 seats

For: 346 / 500 filled seats (69.2%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 55 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 99

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alternative For Belvaria	18	Not voted
Anarchist Association	55	No	We reject this budget, which places an ever-increasing burden on the working class. The army is overfunded, but this proposal includes a ridiculous increase in the social budget and an absurd tax on low incomes.
Belvarian Peoples Union	119	Yes	we support this budget
Citizen Core	27	Not voted
Freedom For Us Proposer	121	Yes	No reason given
Partido Nacionalista De Belvaria	106	Yes	On second thought, and seeing that the public wants improvements to infrastructure that is in poor condition, we believe this budget adjustment is the best course of action.
United Left Of Belvaria	21	Not voted

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Partido Nacionalista De Belvaria

Voted Oct. 9, 2023

Yes Changed vote

“On second thought, and seeing that the public wants improvements to infrastructure that is in poor condition, we believe this budget adjustment is the best course of action.”

Partido Nacionalista De Belvaria

Voted Oct. 9, 2023

“This is an abuse of the workers.”

Belvarian Peoples Union

Voted Oct. 3, 2023

Yes

“we support this budget”

Anarchist Association

Voted Oct. 1, 2023

“We reject this budget, which places an ever-increasing burden on the working class. The army is overfunded, but this proposal includes a ridiculous increase in the social budget and an absurd tax on low incomes.”

Current budget Budget history