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Medicaid: $1.137B

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Health fund: $1.170B

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Retirement system: $1.117B

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Debt service: $1.050B

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Accounting and General Services: $126.832M

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Agriculture: $15.013M

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Attorney General: $37.627M

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Business, Econ. Dev. & Tourism: $77.592M

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Budget and Finance: $39.251M

$2.2 billion of this department's budget is spent on fringe benefits, such as public pension and health benefits. $845 million of this department's budget is spent on debt service. Fringe benefits and debt service are viewed as "fixed costs" that cannot be cut.

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Defense: $34.535M

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Education: $2.121B

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Governor: $3.939M

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Hawaiian HomeLands: $19.045M

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Human Resources Development: $23.761M

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Human Services: $175.812M

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Health: $563.953M

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Labor and Industrial Relations:: $15.987M

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Land and Natural Resources: $68.107M

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Lieutenant Governor: $0.983M

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Public Safety: $291.713M

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Taxation: $33.506M

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University of Hawaii: $579.291M

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Where the Money Goes

Revenue

Rainy day fund $1.325B

Rainy day fund:$1.325B

Gov. David Ige plans to deposit $1 billion into the rainy day fund which already has $325 million. But this money could be given back to taxpayers or used toward the budget.

Tax revenue $8.913B

Tax revenues:$8.913B

Nontax revenues $723.500M

Nontax revenues:$723.500M

Judiciary $32.100M

Judiciary:$32.100M

Surplus $1.482B

Surplus:$1.482B

"Other Revenues" $-108.100M

"Other Revenues":$-108.100M

Adjustment $-324.700M

Adjustment:$-324.700M

Total: $12,042,700,000.0

Spending

Fixed Costs $4.473B

Medicaid: $1.137B

Warning! This area is considered politically difficult to cut. However, many states this year are considering Medicaid cuts.

Health fund: $1.170B

Warning! This is considered politically difficult to cut. Gov. David Ige is planning to skip $413 million of pre-funding payments in fiscal 2022. However, the state must still pay for $829 million of annual "normal costs" for public employee health benefits.

Retirement system: $1.117B

This spending category is protected by the Hawaii constitution and cannot be cut unless the constitutional protections were removed.

Debt service: $1.050B

This area cannot be cut without defaulting.

Accounting and General Services $126.832M

Accounting and General Services: $126.832M

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Agriculture $15.013M

Agriculture: $15.013M

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Attorney General $37.627M

Attorney General: $37.627M

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Business, Econ. Dev. & Tourism $77.592M

Business, Econ. Dev. & Tourism: $77.592M

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Budget and Finance $39.251M

Budget and Finance: $39.251M

$2.2 billion of this department's budget is spent on fringe benefits, such as public pension and health benefits. $845 million of this department's budget is spent on debt service. Fringe benefits and debt service are viewed as "fixed costs" that cannot be cut.

Defense $34.535M

Defense: $34.535M

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Education $2.121B

Education: $2.121B

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Governor $3.939M

Governor: $3.939M

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Hawaiian HomeLands $19.045M

Hawaiian HomeLands: $19.045M

Human Resources Development $23.761M

Human Resources Development: $23.761M

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Human Services $175.812M

Human Services: $175.812M

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Health $563.953M

Health: $563.953M

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Labor and Industrial Relations: $15.987M

Labor and Industrial Relations:: $15.987M

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Land and Natural Resources $68.107M

Land and Natural Resources: $68.107M

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Lieutenant Governor $0.983M

Lieutenant Governor: $0.983M

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Public Safety $291.713M

Public Safety: $291.713M

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Taxation $33.506M

Taxation: $33.506M

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