National Expenditure Budget

Proposed by Revolutionary Socialist Union · Passed 15 Jun 2023

✅ Passed

Fulfill the popular promise of increased military spending and lower taxes

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	15% 10%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	19% 15%
Personal income tax: High earners	33%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	35%

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$2,132 $10,661	$1,045	14.3% 9.4%	$100.0bn $500.0bn
Retirement	$1,493	$1,890	10.0% 1.3%	$70.0bn
Healthcare	$2,670 $21,859	$2,397	17.9% 19.3%	$125.2bn $1,025.2bn
Education	$3,305 $33,177	$1,652	22.2% 29.3%	$155.0bn $1,556.0bn
Housing	$674 $6,623	$606	4.5% 5.8%	$31.6bn $310.6bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$810 $8,294	$683	5.4% 7.3%	$38.0bn $389.0bn
Defence	$533 $853	$827	3.6% 0.8%	$25.0bn $40.0bn
Environment & Climate	$213	$235	1.4% 0.2%	$10.0bn
Business Support	$544	$592	3.7% 0.5%	$25.5bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$232	$258	1.6% 0.2%	$10.9bn
Foreign Aid	$0	$69	0.0%	$0.0bn
Roads & Highways	$818 $10,512	$386	5.5% 9.3%	$38.4bn $493.0bn
Public Transport & Rail	$654 $8,409	$309	4.4% 7.4%	$30.7bn $394.4bn
Energy Infrastructure	$491 $6,307	$234	3.3% 5.6%	$23.0bn $295.8bn
Ports & Airports	$327 $4,205	$157	2.2% 3.7%	$15.3bn $197.2bn
Total			100.0%	$698.6bn $5,317.6bn

Passed

192Yes 0No 74Not voted 266 seats

For: 192 / 266 filled seats (72.2%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 74

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance	97	Not voted
Costavela Democratic Union	0	Not voted
Costavela Workers' Front	12	Not voted
People And Planet	0	Abstain	No reason given
Revolutionary Socialist Union Proposer	192	Yes	No reason given
Solidarity Alliance	0	Not voted
Youth Of Costa	58	Not voted

Passed

198Yes 0No 0Not voted 198 seats

For: 198 / 198 filled seats (100.0%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance	108	Not voted
Costavela Democratic Union	0	Not voted
Costavela Workers' Front	25	Not voted
People And Planet	0	Abstain	No reason given
Revolutionary Socialist Union Proposer	198	Yes	No reason given
Solidarity Alliance	0	Not voted
Youth Of Costa	88	Not voted

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

Voted June 15, 2023

Abstain

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