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Bill: Budget proposal of April 2516
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vanuku Nationalists 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: October 2518
Description[?]:
| The Imperial Nationalist Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Vanuku Federation. Surplus of 1,946,297,451 VAN is retained aswell as healthy increases in many departments. ==DECREASE== HEALTH CARE has had 1,000,000,000 VAN taken away and given to health Care within the Armed Forces FOREIGN AFFAIRS is reducts due to new laws passed (closed Door Act) that limits Foreign activity ==INCREASE== DEFENCE gets 5,000,000,000 VAN to help continue to train and equip Vanukus youth as they finish schooling. This 5 Trillion increase will go towards Healthcare in the Defence Force and Greater After-Defence-Training along side the education department. INTERNAL AFFAIRS gets 2 Trillion VAN extra as part of the "Close door Act'. HEAD of GOVERNMENT. The new Speaker will have a larger budget due to the Large Senate EDUCATION gets more to inhance future education programs along side the Defence Force AGRICULTURE and TRADE. Hand-in-Hand increase, the more food we have, the more trade we have. ENVIRONMENT 3 Trillion to be passed on to local Forestry agency and improve Vanukus Tourism industry |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 2,000,000,000 VAN | 1,000,000,000 VAN | 2,000,000,000 VAN |
| Foreign Affairs | 3,000,000,000 VAN | 62,000,000,000 VAN | 61,000,000,000 VAN |
| Internal Affairs | 50,000,000,000 VAN | 150,000,000,000 VAN | 152,000,000,000 VAN |
| Finance | 5,000,000,000 VAN | 800,000,000 VAN | 2,300,000,000 VAN |
| Defence | 150,000,000,000 VAN | 330,000,000,000 VAN | 335,000,000,000 VAN |
| Justice | 100,000,000,000 VAN | 320,000,000,000 VAN | 320,000,000,000 VAN |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 80,000,000,000 VAN | 100,000,000,000 VAN | 100,000,000,000 VAN |
| Health and Social Services | 200,000,000,000 VAN | 162,000,000,000 VAN | 161,000,000,000 VAN |
| Education and Culture | 95,000,000,000 VAN | 360,000,000,000 VAN | 362,000,000,000 VAN |
| Science and Technology | 100,000,000,000 VAN | 325,000,000,000 VAN | 324,000,000,000 VAN |
| Food and Agriculture | 80,000,000,000 VAN | 9,500,000,000 VAN | 11,500,000,000 VAN |
| Environment and Tourism | 60,000,000,000 VAN | 40,200,000,000 VAN | 43,200,000,000 VAN |
| Trade and Industry | 100,000,000,000 VAN | 15,000,000,000 VAN | 17,000,000,000 VAN |
| Total | 1,025,000,000,000 VAN | 1,875,500,000,000 VAN | 1,891,000,000,000 VAN |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:33:52, January 14, 2008 CET | From | Freeholder Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | We will oppose this wholesale increase of the budget |
| Date | 22:03:07, January 14, 2008 CET | From | Hippie Leftist Peace Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | We suport this budget as there is nothing wrong with spending a little more for what counts. |
| Date | 06:26:49, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Nationalists Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | Thank HLPP and Freeholders. May other parties state there favour of this new Budget |
| Date | 07:24:50, January 15, 2008 CET | From | National Greens Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | we support this budget |
| Date | 17:55:41, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Vanukuan Liberty Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | Oppose...vehemently. |
| Date | 07:16:58, January 17, 2008 CET | From | Supreme Liberal Conservative Order | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | Support |
| Date | 04:44:27, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Coalition | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | Support. |
| Date | 05:06:06, January 18, 2008 CET | From | Freeholder Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | This budget should be voted down as it was the priorities of a former government |
| Date | 06:55:00, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Nationalists Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of April 2516 |
| Message | What former Government. Its just still is the Government! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 74 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 68 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 63 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |