New Balance Budget

Proposed by Conservative Movement · Passed 13 Jun 2023

✅ Passed

Rationale

Faced with a significant deficit, we decided—setting aside partisan differences, to join forces to pass a balanced budget that aligns with those of our peers!

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	0%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	12%
Personal income tax: High earners	40%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	50%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$1,774 $1,097	$1,045	13.1% 9.1%	$16.5bn $10.2bn
Retirement	$3,118 $2,301	$1,890	22.9% 19.1%	$29.0bn $21.4bn
Healthcare	$3,226 $2,548	$2,389	23.7% 21.2%	$30.0bn $23.7bn
Education	$1,828	$1,649	13.4% 15.2%	$17.0bn
Housing	$591 $613	$603	4.4% 5.1%	$5.5bn $5.7bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$226 $667	$683	1.7% 5.5%	$2.1bn $6.2bn
Defence	$785 $871	$831	5.8% 7.2%	$7.3bn $8.1bn
Environment & Climate	$344 $258	$235	2.5% 2.1%	$3.2bn $2.4bn
Business Support	$355 $548	$592	2.6% 4.6%	$3.3bn $5.1bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$376 $280	$255	2.8% 2.3%	$3.5bn $2.6bn
Foreign Aid	$0	$70	0.0%	$0.0bn
Roads & Highways	$346 $361	$385	2.5% 3.0%	$3.2bn $3.4bn
Public Transport & Rail	$276 $289	$305	2.0% 2.4%	$2.6bn $2.7bn
Energy Infrastructure	$207 $217	$232	1.5% 1.8%	$1.9bn $2.0bn
Ports & Airports	$144	$157	1.0% 1.2%	$1.3bn
Total			100.0%	$126.4bn $111.8bn

Vote tally

Bundesrat

Passed

7Yes 0No 0Not voted 7 seats

For: 7 / 7 filled seats (100.0%) — needs 50.0%

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

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
All Matterhorn Forward Bloc	4	Yes	We support this budget
Conservative Movement Proposer	3	Yes	No reason given
New Matterhorn	0	Not voted
One Nation	0	Not voted

Ständerat

Passed

44Yes 0No 2Not voted 46 seats

For: 44 / 46 filled seats (95.7%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 2

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
All Matterhorn Forward Bloc	21	Yes	We support this budget
Conservative Movement Proposer	23	Yes	No reason given
New Matterhorn	1	Not voted
One Nation	2	Not voted

Nationalrat

Passed

189Yes 0No 11Not voted 200 seats

For: 189 / 200 filled seats (94.5%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 11

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
All Matterhorn Forward Bloc	91	Yes	We support this budget
Conservative Movement Proposer	98	Yes	No reason given
New Matterhorn	8	Not voted
One Nation	12	Not voted

Voting record

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

All Matterhorn Forward Bloc

Voted June 13, 2023

Yes

“We support this budget”

Current budget Budget history