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The DPJ's Eight Pledges to Transform Japan

Sweep Away Wasteful Spending! No Tax Increases Targeting Salaried Workers Realisation of an
Realisation of a Safe and Secure Society without Inequalities, and of Everyday Happiness Promotion of
From Concrete to People, People, People Toward a Fair and Transparent Market Economy
Decentralisation Reform - Entrusting Regional Affairs to the Regions - Real Postal Reform - From the Public to the Private Sector

Sweep Away Wasteful Spending! No Tax Increases Targeting Salaried Workers

We will sweep away ¥10 trillion in wasteful spending of tax money over three years, reducing the number of Diet members in the House of Representatives by 80, abolishing separate pensions for Diet members, and reducing the personnel costs for civil servants employed by central government by 20%.

The Democratic Party of Japan will completely eliminate wasteful spending of tax money, and distribute tax revenues to where they are most needed, in order to restore the fiscal primary balance of the nation to health over eight years. We will cut off at the source "hotbeds of waste and illegality", such as "golden parachuting" by civil servants, which engender bureaucratic collusion.

We will establish an Administrative Reform Council in order to sweep away and eradicate concessions, collusion and wasteful public works.
We will sweep away ¥10 trillion in wasteful spending of tax money over 3 years. No tax increases without eradication of wasteful spending!
We will immediately abolish the separate pension scheme for Diet members. We will reduce the number of Diet members by at least 10%, and cut the number of Diet members in the House of Representatives by 80.
We will grant basic labour rights to civil servants employed by central government and reduce their overall personnel costs by 20%.
We will abolish the public highway corporations. We will work to prevent bureaucratic collusion and comprehensively review the special accounts that are a "hotbed of waste and illegality".
We will prohibit the detouring of political donations. We will ensure total public disclosure of political funds and make external auditing of political parties and political fund organisations compulsory.

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