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Bill: An end to the golden handshake
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Populist Social Democrats
Status[?]: passed
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: October 2367
Description[?]:
| Whereas, the previous budget proposal passed despite the opposition of parties we thought we had compromised with by allowing their corporate welfare/golden handshake expenditures, We hope in this proposal to eliminate golden handshake funds, leaving only those funds in Trade and Industry needed for other purposes. If it fails, we are no worse off for trying. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 8,468,962 LIK | 1,500,000 LIK | 1,500,000 LIK |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,117,240,580 LIK | 100,000,000 LIK | 200,000,000 LIK |
| Internal Affairs | 7,622,066,087 LIK | 3,000,000,000 LIK | 4,500,000,000 LIK |
| Finance | 4,234,481,159 LIK | 300,000,000 LIK | 300,000,000 LIK |
| Defence | 12,703,443,478 LIK | 7,000,000,000 LIK | 7,000,000,000 LIK |
| Justice | 5,928,273,623 LIK | 4,000,000,000 LIK | 5,500,000,000 LIK |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 9,315,858,550 LIK | 10,000,000,000 LIK | 10,500,000,000 LIK |
| Health and Social Services | 11,856,547,246 LIK | 10,500,000,000 LIK | 11,500,000,000 LIK |
| Education and Culture | 8,468,962,319 LIK | 12,000,000,000 LIK | 13,000,000,000 LIK |
| Science and Technology | 6,775,169,855 LIK | 5,000,000,000 LIK | 6,000,000,000 LIK |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,081,377,391 LIK | 50,000,000 LIK | 50,000,000 LIK |
| Environment and Tourism | 4,657,929,275 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK | 1,500,000,000 LIK |
| Trade and Industry | 5,919,804,661 LIK | 8,000,000,000 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK |
| Total | 84,689,623,186 LIK | 60,951,500,000 LIK | 61,051,500,000 LIK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:41:06, February 28, 2007 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the An end to the golden handshake |
| Message | This bill is an outrage. The PopLibs are just taking a political dig at this party, nothing more. |
| Date | 22:32:33, February 28, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the An end to the golden handshake |
| Message | We like this. It is not perfect, but it is less of an insult to The People of Likatonia than the current 'gift to big business'. |
| Date | 02:17:14, March 01, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the An end to the golden handshake |
| Message | We absolutely want to state that this is not a political dig at the ConLibs. It is what we see as a saner use of budgetary resources, using resources to help the people rather than the powerful. Note we actually increased (a little) infrastructure spending, as there is value to all Likatonians in having a top-level infrastructure; but we see no value in corporate welfare. This includes not only more funding for social and educational spending (keeping education-- and an educated populace also attracts business-- the top-funded department in the budget), but increases law enforcement (internal affairs and justice), especially important because local governments are not allowed to have their own police forces, as well as science and technology development, all of which are good for the populace but outside of the social spending increases also make Likatonia a better place for businesses to locate. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 122 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 30 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 47 |
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