Benito said that this is a fair amount considering the amount of tax and other revenue contributed by CSE-E to the central coffers. Other funding like education and health care have already been taken out of the central pot and are allocated directly by a CSE-E Ministry of Finance however defence is one of the sources of funding that remains in central control (and thus in theory at the whim of Captain Clone).
17.4.09
Benito seeks separate defence budget
Currently Benito Clone's half of the Clone Star Empire gets around 26% of the total HCS defence budget but this is allocated from the central pot depending on the current location of units and equipment procurement programmes. He is now asking for a permanent fixed allocation of the budget at 30%.
