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Bill: Budget Proposal of January 2473
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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: April 2474
Description[?]:
| The responsibilities of our government have nearly tripled over the course of the last two years. It only makes sense that our budget keep up with the pace of the return of social democracy. Although some parties may cry out against deficit spending, we remind them that the investment in our economy made through new spending on Trade and Industry, for example, will expand our economy and our future tax base (future tax hikes are expected as well). |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 615,152,741 TPD | 10,000,000 TPD | 10,000,000 TPD |
| Foreign Affairs | 4,613,645,560 TPD | 500,000,000 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD |
| Internal Affairs | 7,689,409,266 TPD | 550,000,000 TPD | 550,000,000 TPD |
| Finance | 6,151,527,413 TPD | 50,000,000 TPD | 50,000,000 TPD |
| Defence | 17,839,429,497 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD |
| Justice | 4,613,645,560 TPD | 3,000,000,000 TPD | 3,000,000,000 TPD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 10,765,172,973 TPD | 6,500,000,000 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD |
| Health and Social Services | 21,530,345,945 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD | 50,000,000,000 TPD |
| Education and Culture | 7,689,409,266 TPD | 60,000,000,000 TPD | 60,000,000,000 TPD |
| Science and Technology | 10,765,172,973 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD |
| Food and Agriculture | 21,530,345,945 TPD | 70,000,000 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD |
| Environment and Tourism | 13,840,936,679 TPD | 4,000,000,000 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD |
| Trade and Industry | 18,454,582,239 TPD | 400,000,000 TPD | 40,000,000,000 TPD |
| Total | 146,098,776,057 TPD | 94,080,000,000 TPD | 202,610,000,000 TPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:07:01, October 19, 2007 CET | From | Telamonese Cultural Alliance | To | Debating the Budget Proposal of January 2473 |
| Message | Does expanding the foreign affairs budget that much make any sense? Where will all that money go? Limo rides for pages? |
| Date | 18:12:55, October 19, 2007 CET | From | Telamonese Cultural Alliance | To | Debating the Budget Proposal of January 2473 |
| Message | Also, this will overspend tax revenues, even with the enormous tax hike, by the revenue collected again. Cut the flippant increases I made to Education and Culture if you want to fund these things. |
| Date | 21:01:32, October 19, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Budget Proposal of January 2473 |
| Message | Increases to education and culture are investments. Why would we cut them? This is sound fiscal policy: deficit spending works. It's Keynesian. About the foreign policy increases: we currently offer moderate amounts of aid to foreign nations, it only makes sense that we have the money to pay for those programs. Part of this budget is just catching up to speed with our commitments. |
| Date | 22:59:47, October 20, 2007 CET | From | Les Pirates Ninja Napoléoniens | To | Debating the Budget Proposal of January 2473 |
| Message | Keynesian economics assumes a fixed price level and employment. Bad assumptions to make. We see no need for this increases, and these seem to be arbitrary numbers. Too much leeway for abuse. Against. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 423 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 71 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 153 |
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