cuts Considerably raised fees for unemployment funds, linked to the rate of unemployment among the members of each fund (introduced January 2007, abolished January 2014) resulting in large membership losses of unemployment funds and trade unions Municipal allowance Deduction for certain household services, so-called RUT deduction Abolished compulsory military service High Schools reforms and new grading system for the entire school system Reforming the legal framework of the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA-law) Implemented the Enforcement Directive (IPRED) Defence Act of 2009 Abolished the state monopoly on pharmaceuticals Deregulated railroad traffic Radio frequencies for mobile broadband in 800 MHz band Liberalisation of the Alcohol Law Abolition of the Swedish Cinema Office Abolition of compulsory student union Deductability of gifts to nonprofit organisations Reforms of the health insurance system Decreased restaurant VAT from 25 to 12 percent, to the same level as for any other food. Legalisation of same-sex marriage Corporate tax rate lowered from 26.3% to 22%. Controversies and resignations On 7 October 2006, the day after the new cabinet was announced two of the ministers, the Minister of Foreign Trade Maria Borelius and the Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò, admitted that they had previously employed persons to take care of their children without paying the appropriate taxes. On 11 October 2006 it came to light that Cecilia Stegö Chilò and her husband had not paid their TV license for the last 16 years. On 12 October 2006 it emerged that two other ministers in the cabinet had neglected to pay the television license; Maria Borelius and the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström. Radiotjänst i Kiruna AB, the private agency tasked with collecting the license fee, filed criminal charges against Cecilia Stegö Chilò, Maria Borelius and Tobias Billström. On 14 October 2006 Maria Borelius resigned as Minister of Foreign Trade. On 16 October 2006, just two days after Maria Borelius' resignation, Minister for Culture Cecilia Stegö Chilò resigned as well. The Minister for Defence, Mikael Odenberg, resigned on 5 September 2007 as he thought the budget cuts his department would face were to high. On 29 March 2012 Minister for Defence, Sten Tolgfors, resigned due of his way to deal with the Project Simoom. Public perception In public opinion survey conducted by Aftonbladet/Sifo in late 2006, the Swedish public was asked to rate each of the new ministers on a 5-graded scale. The average result for