The matching our peers act
Proposed by The Marianne Liberty Alliance · Voting closes 10 Feb 2025
Rationale
The new economy update has enabled us to rebalance our economy in order to lower our people's dissatisfaction. Let's do it.
Proposed changes
- Decrease personal income tax rate on low earners from 23% to 16%
- Decrease personal income tax rate on medium earners from 26% to 22%
- Decrease personal income tax rate on high earners from 36% to 35%
- Increase personal income tax rate on elite earners from 0% to 42%
- Increase spending on social welfare from $70.0bn to $78.0bn
- Decrease spending on retirement from $160.0bn to $141.0bn
- Increase spending on healthcare from $170.0bn to $179.0bn
- Increase spending on education from $120.0bn to $123.0bn
- Increase spending on justice, police & internal security from $40.0bn to $51.0bn
- Decrease spending on defence from $70.0bn to $62.0bn
- Decrease spending on environment & climate from $20.0bn to $18.0bn
- Increase spending on arts, culture & media from $14.0bn to $19.0bn
This will increase tax take by $49.4bn annually.
This will increase total budgeted spending by $7.0bn annually.
This will increase the annual surplus from $23.5bn to $65.9bn.
Checked against the same test used when a budget passes. Nothing here is decided until the vote closes.
2pp above the 20% voters are asking for.
Every line of the budget as it would stand if this passes. Rows that change show the budget currently in force the new value.
Annual Taxes
| Earning band | Tax rate | Tax take |
|---|---|---|
| Personal income tax: Low earners | 23% 16% | $120.8bn $84.7bn |
| Personal income tax: Medium earners | 26% 22% | $363.1bn $308.1bn |
| Personal income tax: High earners | 36% 35% | $693.2bn $660.8bn |
| Personal income tax: Elite earners | 0% 42% | $0.0bn $172.9bn |
| Total tax take | $1,177.1bn $1,226.5bn |
Annual Spending
| Category | $ per capita | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Welfare | $938 $1,046 | $70.0bn $78.0bn | |
| Retirement | $2,145 $1,890 | $160.0bn $141.0bn | |
| Healthcare | $2,279 $2,399 | $170.0bn $179.0bn | |
| Education | $1,609 $1,649 | $120.0bn $123.0bn | |
| Housing | $603 | $45.0bn | |
| Justice, Police & Internal Security | $536 $684 | $40.0bn $51.0bn | |
| Defence | $938 $831 | $70.0bn $62.0bn | |
| Environment & Climate | $268 $241 | $20.0bn $18.0bn | |
| Business Support | $1,475 | $110.0bn | |
| Arts, Culture & Media | $188 $255 | $14.0bn $19.0bn | |
| Foreign Aid | $134 | $10.0bn | |
| Roads & Highways | $479 | $35.7bn | |
| Public Transport & Rail | $383 | $28.6bn | |
| Energy Infrastructure | $287 | $21.4bn | |
| Ports & Airports | $192 | $14.3bn | |
| Total | $929.0bn $936.0bn |
Vote tally
Currently failingSenate
FailingFor: 72 / 348 filled seats (20.7%) — needs 50.0%
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 276
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | 161 | Not voted | |
| The Marianne Liberty Alliance Proposer | 72 | Yes | No reason given |
| The National Refoundation Front | 89 | Not voted | |
| The Social-Democrats | 0 | Not voted | |
| Together For Marianne | 26 | Not voted |
National Assembly
FailingFor: 114 / 359 filled seats (31.8%) — needs 50.0%
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 245
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | 207 | Not voted | |
| The Marianne Liberty Alliance Proposer | 114 | Yes | No reason given |
| The National Refoundation Front | 0 | Not voted | |
| The Social-Democrats | 0 | Not voted | |
| Together For Marianne | 38 | Not voted |
A budget passes once every legislature reaches its threshold, and fails immediately if a majority votes against. If neither happens, it resolves when voting closes.