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Bill: Budget proposal of January 2426

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Democratic Party of Dorvik

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 not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: September 2426

Description^[?]:

The Ministry of Finance has come up the following budget proposal:

* 85 Million Dolgars for Presidential office for repairing the presidential palace, updating security technology and fund the increased ceremonial & event expenses.

* 2 Billion from Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport. Cuts from subsidies for oil & coal industries, maintenance & construction of county roads (exluding highways) under full responsibility of local governments, fund savings from public housing programs.

* 5 Billion from Ministry of Health & Social Services. Cuts from health administration, high-tech equipment investments, private clinic subsidies, pharmaceutical drug costs and bureaucracy in social service sector.

* 1 Billion from Ministry of Education & Culture. Cuts from subsidies of minor newspapers & magazines, modern art and culture events.

* 2 Billion from Ministry of Science & Technology. Cut from space exploration program & manned space flights.

* 500 Million for Ministry of Food & Agriculture in subsidying small & middle-sized farmers and fishermen to continue their livelyhood.

* 1 Billion for Ministry of County Affairs (Trade & Industry) in raising the proportion of tax revenues directly for counties.

New budget will decrease unnecessary bureaucracy, increase efficiency & reduce waste, improve the economy of counties & farmers while efforts in improving employment & enterpreunership continue to be strong.

* Samuel Smithers, Minister of Finance

Proposals

Article 1

Proposal^[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.

Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.

Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.

Proposed: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.

Article 2

Proposal^[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.

Old value:: The state provides public housing to low-income families.

Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.

Proposed: All housing is private but rent is subsidised for low-income households.

Article 3

Ministry	Current Budget	Old Budget	Propesed Budget
Head of Government	15,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000 DDO	100,000,000 DDO
Foreign Affairs	17,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO
Internal Affairs	17,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO
Finance	10,000,000,000 DDO	10,000,000,000 DDO	10,000,000,000 DDO
Defence	77,000,000,000 DDO	80,000,000,000 DDO	80,000,000,000 DDO
Justice	12,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO	15,000,000,000 DDO
Infrastructure and Transport	11,000,000,000 DDO	30,000,000,000 DDO	28,000,000,000 DDO
Health and Social Services	53,000,000,000 DDO	40,000,000,000 DDO	35,000,000,000 DDO
Education and Culture	31,000,000,000 DDO	35,000,000,000 DDO	34,000,000,000 DDO
Science and Technology	22,000,000,000 DDO	20,000,000,000 DDO	18,000,000,000 DDO
Food and Agriculture	11,000,000,000 DDO	5,500,000,000 DDO	6,000,000,000 DDO
Environment and Tourism	17,000,000,000 DDO	10,000,000,000 DDO	10,000,000,000 DDO
Trade and Industry	17,000,000,000 DDO	6,000,000,000 DDO	7,000,000,000 DDO
Total	310,000,000,000 DDO	281,515,000,000 DDO	273,100,000,000 DDO

Debate

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Voting

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Seats

yes

National Conservative Conference (148)
Democratic Party of Dorvik (61)

Total Seats: 209

Democratic Labour and Unionist Party (81)
Socialist Party of Dorvik (58)
Noordelijk Bevrijding Front (51)
Justinian Party (0)

Total Seats: 190

abstain

Dorvik Social Democrats (0)
Libertarian Party of Dorvik (0)

Total Seats: 0

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