As I have commented on in Ministerial meetings due to the nature of our government the Kaiser demanded that a naval bill be the first to be enacted. That said I have revealed multiple budgets to both the Reichstag and in cabinet meetings. However, due demands for the naval bill's precedence, such proposals were unable to be enacted. Indeed according to treasury department projections, using a continuation budget, the deficit was cut to nothing this year and the our debt of 155M RM was reduced to 110M RM by the actions the present government. Hence such accusations by both the Berlin Times and my VC are unwarranted and do not take into account the matter. Furthermore, the delay has also been affected by recent and still present illness.
Disclosed below is a comparison of the 1912 budget and the 1913 provisional budget, not including the present naval bill which will further reduce expenditures:
German Reich: 1911 - 1912 Budget
Total Spending: 351,000,000 RM
Military: 175,000,000 RM
Consumer Goods: 85,000,000 RM
Welfare: 20,000,000 RM
Education: 15,000,000 RM
Government: 25,000,000 RM
Colonies: 10,000,000 RM
Other: 6,000,000 RM
Debt Interest 15,000,000 RM
Total Income: 335,000,000 RM
Taxes: 265,000,000 RM
Tariffs: 55,000,000 RM
Total Balance: -16,000,000 RM
Total Debt: 155,000,000 RM
German Reich 1912-1913 Budget
Total Spending: 326,000,000 RM
Military: 160,000,000 RM - there is a 15M RM reduction here brought about by the Afrika agreement
Consumer Goods: 85,000,000 RM
Welfare: 20,000,000 RM
Education: 15,000,000 RM
Government: 25,000,000 RM
Colonies: 6,000,000 RM
Other: 6,000,000 RM
Debt Interest: 9,000,000 RM
Total Income: 337,000,000 RM
Taxes: 267,000,000 RM
Tariffs: 55,000,000 RM
Total Balance: 11,000,000 RM
Total Debt: 99,000,000 RM
Other current plans that have been drafted for the economy include plans to increase the funding of universities to increase the intellectual base in our country and hopefully inspire a new generation of thinkers to design, create, and implement new ideas and make ideas that once seemed fantasy a reality, such as the recent spread of the automobile and the airplane. Other ideas include subsidies for key industries in growing fields, fields in which Germany could potentially produce world-class products and establish market dominance, calls for the reform of inefficient government institutions, and plans for bettering the infrastructure around our nation. However, the above expenditures to not include such efficiency gains or increases in spending. With this I urge the passing of the naval bill such that such pertinent legislation may be passed.
~Reinhart von und zu Birkenfeld
Disclosed below is a comparison of the 1912 budget and the 1913 provisional budget, not including the present naval bill which will further reduce expenditures:
German Reich: 1911 - 1912 Budget
Total Spending: 351,000,000 RM
Military: 175,000,000 RM
Consumer Goods: 85,000,000 RM
Welfare: 20,000,000 RM
Education: 15,000,000 RM
Government: 25,000,000 RM
Colonies: 10,000,000 RM
Other: 6,000,000 RM
Debt Interest 15,000,000 RM
Total Income: 335,000,000 RM
Taxes: 265,000,000 RM
Tariffs: 55,000,000 RM
Total Balance: -16,000,000 RM
Total Debt: 155,000,000 RM
German Reich 1912-1913 Budget
Total Spending: 326,000,000 RM
Military: 160,000,000 RM - there is a 15M RM reduction here brought about by the Afrika agreement
Consumer Goods: 85,000,000 RM
Welfare: 20,000,000 RM
Education: 15,000,000 RM
Government: 25,000,000 RM
Colonies: 6,000,000 RM
Other: 6,000,000 RM
Debt Interest: 9,000,000 RM
Total Income: 337,000,000 RM
Taxes: 267,000,000 RM
Tariffs: 55,000,000 RM
Total Balance: 11,000,000 RM
Total Debt: 99,000,000 RM
Other current plans that have been drafted for the economy include plans to increase the funding of universities to increase the intellectual base in our country and hopefully inspire a new generation of thinkers to design, create, and implement new ideas and make ideas that once seemed fantasy a reality, such as the recent spread of the automobile and the airplane. Other ideas include subsidies for key industries in growing fields, fields in which Germany could potentially produce world-class products and establish market dominance, calls for the reform of inefficient government institutions, and plans for bettering the infrastructure around our nation. However, the above expenditures to not include such efficiency gains or increases in spending. With this I urge the passing of the naval bill such that such pertinent legislation may be passed.
~Reinhart von und zu Birkenfeld
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