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Bill: Budget Cut Act 2358
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalizt Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will pass as soon as the required yes votes are in, or will be defeated if unsufficient votes are reached on the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2365
Description[?]:
| In order to sustain the proposed tax cuts, our opinion is to cut subsidies for Industry, Agriculture and Environment, as well as economically redundant (why would a department like Foreign Affairs need so much money?) sectors like Foreign and Internal Affairs, leaving untouched the other sectors and slightly raising the Education. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 200,000 HCR | 300,000 HCR | 300,000 HCR |
| Foreign Affairs | 600,000 HCR | 40,050,000,000 HCR | 37,050,000,000 HCR |
| Internal Affairs | 600,000,000 HCR | 65,399,700,000 HCR | 38,399,700,000 HCR |
| Finance | 42,000,000 HCR | 23,000,000,000 HCR | 23,000,000,000 HCR |
| Defence | 1,030,620,280 HCR | 130,000,000,000 HCR | 130,000,000,000 HCR |
| Justice | 106,820,865 HCR | 51,550,000,000 HCR | 51,550,000,000 HCR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 60,800,260 HCR | 51,500,000,000 HCR | 51,500,000,000 HCR |
| Health and Social Services | 500,360,860 HCR | 82,000,000,000 HCR | 82,000,000,000 HCR |
| Education and Culture | 260,820,560 HCR | 80,000,000,000 HCR | 82,000,000,000 HCR |
| Science and Technology | 120,300,200 HCR | 41,000,000,000 HCR | 41,000,000,000 HCR |
| Food and Agriculture | 100,600,850 HCR | 30,000,000,000 HCR | 20,000,000,000 HCR |
| Environment and Tourism | 130,200,567 HCR | 35,000,000,000 HCR | 25,000,000,000 HCR |
| Trade and Industry | 400,000,000,000 HCR | 43,500,000,000 HCR | 36,500,000,000 HCR |
| Total | 402,953,324,442 HCR | 673,000,000,000 HCR | 618,000,000,000 HCR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:37:06, February 11, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | As internal affairs operate internal security (such as police) the operational requirements to operate throughout the Country is vast and, as such, equates to current spending. Foreign Affairs operates all foreign consulates and embassies in all Countries and is required to pay their staff, as well as assisting Hobrazian nationals who require assistance whilst abroad. It also deals with any and all foreign dealings between this Country and others, as well as paying for the foreign minister and said department. Environmental spending is high in order to maintain our current environment and wildlife, as well as surrounding environs. Trade and Industry is directly related to current operating procedures and though we can see reason to reduce expenditure we believe that the level proposed by the CP is too great. |
| Date | 01:31:53, February 14, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | Agreed with WSS! |
| Date | 03:56:12, February 14, 2007 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | We can accept greater cuts in industry as there a few state owned comapnies, we also believe that some foreign affairs budget could be cut maybe greater than this. The environment budget can also be cut bt the other sectors should be left, please take this into account if you wish our party to vote yes. |
| Date | 07:26:31, February 14, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | The tax payers are FED UP! They are tired of having their money arbitrarily TAKEN from them against their will! Deep sustained cuts are needed in order to ensure freedom of the individual prevails. |
| Date | 14:36:06, February 14, 2007 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | Have you given any thought to who provides services that give the people education, health, transport, roads and the security that the people now enjoy, these major cuts in some sectors threaten that i i feel the people would accept the current spending in the name of their protection and quality of life, People are left with sufficent disposable income to make their lives great. We are one of the most advanced and wealthiest countries in all of Terra, the nation had fantastic services whilst we can see room for cuts in the budget we cannot accept huge cuts in matters such as security, this is the stumbling block we have with this bill. |
| Date | 07:22:29, February 15, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | While some people are quite content with spending other peoples money, it doesn't change the fact that a strong minority of citizens are not consenting and that their rights are being trampled on. End the dictatorship! |
| Date | 00:47:33, February 20, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | This is the same dictatorship that routinely cuts taxes. This is the same dictatorship that holds frequent free elections. The facts are that maintaining public services a dictatorship does not make and if the Liberal Party could see past their blinkered view on so called "freedom" then they might realise that the duty of government is to provide for all of the people, not just a minority of "angry" people with megaphones. |
| Date | 02:32:30, February 24, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | We take issue with the notion that "the duty of government is to provide for all of the people" Our stance is that the gov't isn't a provider at all. |
| Date | 23:20:23, February 24, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | So you wouldn't have the government make provision for defence or security? Whether the LP like it or not, they are provisions. |
| Date | 23:51:43, February 24, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Budget Cut Act 2358 |
| Message | Our position is that the only role of gov't is the defense of liberty, from within and without, essentially the defense of the individual. What you propose goes far beyond that. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 111 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 266 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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