Budget act no.2

Proposed by New Social Democratic Front · Passed 8 Aug 2019

✅ Passed

Rationale

We are proposing budget changes to drive Solania out of a deficit which was made because of the grid hardening programme

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	20%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	26%
Personal income tax: High earners	34%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	40%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$820	$1,046	8.1% 8.2%	$20.0bn
Retirement	$3,074	$1,951	30.4% 30.7%	$75.0bn
Healthcare	$2,295	$2,397	22.7% 22.9%	$56.0bn
Education	$1,639	$1,652	16.2% 16.4%	$40.0bn
Housing	$664	$606	6.6%	$16.2bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$123	$683	1.2%	$3.0bn
Defence	$8	$831	0.1%	$0.2bn
Environment & Climate	$410	$241	4.1%	$10.0bn
Business Support	$328	$592	3.2% 3.3%	$8.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$0	$258	0.0%	$0.0bn
Foreign Aid	$0	$70	0.0%	$0.0bn
Roads & Highways	$263 $234	$386	2.6% 2.3%	$6.4bn $5.7bn
Public Transport & Rail	$211 $187	$309	2.1% 1.9%	$5.1bn $4.6bn
Energy Infrastructure	$158 $141	$234	1.6% 1.4%	$3.9bn $3.4bn
Ports & Airports	$105 $94	$157	1.0% 0.9%	$2.6bn $2.3bn
Total			100.0%	$246.4bn $244.4bn

Vote tally

National Congress

Passed

183Yes 0No 117Not voted 300 seats

For: 183 / 300 filled seats (61.0%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 117

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
New Peoples’ Alliance	111	Yes	When the budget was made a surplus was made, due to inflation thanks to parties raising taxes on businesses the surplus reduced and became a deficit, while we support this we believe that the cuts should have come from other areas.
New Social Democratic Front Proposer	72	Yes	No reason given
Republicans	60	Not voted
Solonia Reform League	0	Not voted
Unity League	146	Not voted

Voting record

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

New Peoples’ Alliance

Voted Aug. 8, 2019

Yes

“When the budget was made a surplus was made, due to inflation thanks to parties raising taxes on businesses the surplus reduced and became a deficit, while we support this we believe that the cuts should have come from other areas.”

Current budget Budget history