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Fjordheim Growth and Competitiveness Budget

Fjordheim Growth and Competitiveness Budget

Proposed by A Better Fjordheim · Passed 24 Mar 2024

✅ Passed

Rationale

This budget uses Fjordheim’s strong fiscal position to support business growth, improve infrastructure, and invest in education while keeping spending disciplined and maintaining a healthy surplus.

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	10%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	15%
Personal income tax: High earners	40%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	55%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$2,143	$1,046	12.4% 11.7%	$12.0bn
Retirement	$5,000	$1,951	28.8% 27.2%	$28.0bn
Healthcare	$3,750	$2,389	21.6% 20.4%	$21.0bn
Education	$1,964 $2,143	$1,652	11.3% 11.7%	$11.0bn $12.0bn
Housing	$893	$606	5.1% 4.9%	$5.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$786	$683	4.5% 4.3%	$4.4bn
Defence	$714	$831	4.1% 3.9%	$4.0bn
Environment & Climate	$304	$241	1.8% 1.7%	$1.7bn
Business Support	$179 $714	$593	1.0% 3.9%	$1.0bn $4.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$304	$258	1.8% 1.7%	$1.7bn
Foreign Aid	$214	$70	1.2%	$1.2bn
Roads & Highways	$389 $510	$386	2.2% 2.8%	$2.2bn $2.9bn
Public Transport & Rail	$311 $408	$309	1.8% 2.2%	$1.7bn $2.3bn
Energy Infrastructure	$233 $306	$234	1.3% 1.7%	$1.3bn $1.7bn
Ports & Airports	$156 $204	$157	0.9% 1.1%	$0.9bn $1.1bn
Total			100.0%	$97.1bn $103.0bn

Vote tally

Nordting

Passed

11Yes 0No 10Not voted 21 seats

For: 11 / 21 filled seats (52.4%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 10

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
A Better Fjordheim Proposer	8	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Liberal Platform	3	Yes	Step in the right direction. We are still of the opinion that welfare spending is much too high and differs greatly from neighboring countries, and we do not like a spending spree. But priorities are chosen correctly.
Libertarian Alliance	19	Not voted

Voting record

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

Democratic Liberal Platform

Voted March 24, 2024

Yes

“Step in the right direction. We are still of the opinion that welfare spending is much too high and differs greatly from neighboring countries, and we do not like a spending spree. But priorities are chosen correctly.”

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