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Bill: Budget proposal of December 2455
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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: August 2456
Description[?]:
| The Capitalist Working Families propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Commonwealth of Rutania. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 22,000,000 RUT | 100,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Foreign Affairs | 285,000,000 RUT | 2,000,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Internal Affairs | 2,463,000,000 RUT | 2,150,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Finance | 150,000,000 RUT | 780,000,000 RUT | 8,750,000 RUT |
| Defence | 5,624,000,000 RUT | 8,750,000,000 RUT | 70,000,000 RUT |
| Justice | 285,000,000 RUT | 2,000,000,000 RUT | 8,750,000 RUT |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 15,313,000,000 RUT | 1,600,000,000 RUT | 17,500,000 RUT |
| Health and Social Services | 28,750,000,000 RUT | 8,150,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Education and Culture | 16,850,000,000 RUT | 9,600,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Science and Technology | 6,763,000,000 RUT | 1,800,000,000 RUT | 17,500,000 RUT |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,931,000,000 RUT | 900,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Environment and Tourism | 1,255,000,000 RUT | 900,000,000 RUT | 0 RUT |
| Trade and Industry | 2,663,000,000 RUT | 600,000,000 RUT | 17,500,000 RUT |
| Total | 86,354,000,000 RUT | 39,330,000,000 RUT | 140,000,000 RUT |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:41:33, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2455 |
| Message | Dear My Fellow Assemblymen: In conjunction to the reform of the income tax bill that I proposed earlier, this bill will completely BALANCE the Federal BUDGET. Yes, it can be argued that it is a "barebones" budget but remember once we REVITALIZE the Rutanian economy via Pro-GROWTH economic policies, Federal Revenue will EXPLODE!!! Thank you for your full support. Cordially, Christian E. Savage, President & Prime Minister-elect of the Commonwealth of Rutania |
| Date | 19:00:34, September 15, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2455 |
| Message | We cannot support a budget that devotes billions to the military but nothing to education or social services. |
| Date | 02:14:07, September 16, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2455 |
| Message | I don't follow your logic here: this bill doesn't allocate not ONE "billion dollars" to the military or ANY department for that matter b/c it is constrained to 140,000,000 RUT. Yes, you are correct that it is a "barebones" budget but that is because it muse be aligned/budgeted with the income tax bill that my Administration proposed earlier that will enhance ECONOMIC GROWTH & JOBS. Second, in ANY national budget, we should always allocate 50% of said resources to our Men and Women in Uniform in order to lay the foundation for a STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE. |
| Date | 05:00:48, September 16, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2455 |
| Message | Where did I say "dollars"? Also, I have yet to see a reasonable defense of zeroing out the education and social services budgets. Being in favor of small government and grassroots capitalism ourselves, the Neo-Epicurean party is in favor of privatizing the national defense industry. If private schools can provide education and private charities can provide social services, then private arms interests can provide a national defense. Let the people who are interested in weapons provide the funds out of their own pockets, and let those people who have other priorities spend their hard-earned money as they see fit. |
| Date | 05:28:07, September 16, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2455 |
| Message | I agree with you that the Private sector can be much more efficent at times, BUT if the State produces its OWN defense weapons combined with private industry, it would save the taxpayers BILLIONS. Don't worry, though: as our Commonwealth transcends from a "Second Class" nation to an Economic & Militaristic SUPERPOWER as a result of my sound "Hamiltonian" economic plan, Federal Revenue will BALLOON and I can increase more gov't spending. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 356 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 295 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 99 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "Political correctness is just tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston |