Budget of October 2019

Proposed by Labour Movement · Passed 28 Oct 2019

✅ Passed

Rationale

Increasing taxes on the highest earners while increasing support for aging infrastructure.

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	17%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	17%
Personal income tax: High earners	27% 28%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	32% 34%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$1,185	$1,046	9.6%	$100.0bn
Retirement	$2,844	$1,951	23.1%	$240.0bn
Healthcare	$2,607	$2,397	21.2% 21.1%	$220.0bn
Education	$1,659	$1,652	13.5% 13.4%	$140.0bn
Housing	$592	$603	4.8%	$50.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$355	$682	2.9%	$30.0bn
Defence	$770	$827	6.3% 6.2%	$65.0bn
Environment & Climate	$237	$241	1.9%	$20.0bn
Business Support	$711	$592	5.8%	$60.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$355	$258	2.9%	$30.0bn
Foreign Aid	$47	$70	0.4%	$4.0bn
Roads & Highways	$339 $347	$386	2.7% 2.8%	$28.6bn $29.3bn
Public Transport & Rail	$271 $278	$309	2.2% 2.3%	$22.9bn $23.4bn
Energy Infrastructure	$203 $208	$234	1.6% 1.7%	$17.1bn $17.6bn
Ports & Airports	$135 $139	$157	1.1%	$11.4bn $11.7bn
Total			100.0%	$1,039.0bn $1,041.0bn

Vote tally

Bundesrat

Failed

31Yes 0No 38Not voted 69 seats

For: 31 / 69 filled seats (44.9%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 38

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Civic Platform	5	Not voted
Labour Movement Proposer	11	Yes	No reason given
Liberal Union	10	Yes	I will only vote for this to decrease the debt, the taxes will then have to be put down following the defeat of debt
National League For Freedom And Democracy	10	Yes	Changes in cosmetic expenses, while revenues will allow us to save more financial resources, so we are in favor.
National People's Front	5	Not voted
Rheinland Worker's Union	0	Yes	We believe this is a good budget, It prioritises the working man with providing new infrastrucure jobbs while increasing the surpluss with increased taxes for the rich.
Rhineland Social Front	12	Not voted
Socialists And Democrats	16	Not voted
The Christian Democrats	11	Not voted

Bundestag

Failed

259Yes 0No 369Not voted 628 seats

For: 259 / 628 filled seats (41.2%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 369

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Civic Platform	68	Not voted
Labour Movement Proposer	77	Yes	No reason given
Liberal Union	97	Yes	I will only vote for this to decrease the debt, the taxes will then have to be put down following the defeat of debt
National League For Freedom And Democracy	85	Yes	Changes in cosmetic expenses, while revenues will allow us to save more financial resources, so we are in favor.
National People's Front	34	Not voted
Rheinland Worker's Union	0	Yes	We believe this is a good budget, It prioritises the working man with providing new infrastrucure jobbs while increasing the surpluss with increased taxes for the rich.
Rhineland Social Front	115	Not voted
Socialists And Democrats	54	Not voted
The Christian Democrats	131	Not voted

Voting record

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

Rheinland Worker's Union

Voted Oct. 28, 2019

Yes

“We believe this is a good budget, It prioritises the working man with providing new infrastrucure jobbs while increasing the surpluss with increased taxes for the rich.”

National League For Freedom And Democracy

Voted Oct. 28, 2019

Yes

“Changes in cosmetic expenses, while revenues will allow us to save more financial resources, so we are in favor.”

Liberal Union

Voted Oct. 22, 2019

Yes

“I will only vote for this to decrease the debt, the taxes will then have to be put down following the defeat of debt”

Current budget Budget history