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Bill: Budget proposal of March 2565
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coburan Conservative 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: November 2565
Description[?]:
| In conjuction with the tax cuts this is the new spending proposals....The tax cuts will help millions of people who are worse off...will give those people that little bit of help to spend a bit more of their money on the things they need... For the short term we will have a deficit and the cuts will help reduce them slightly and as the economy grows i will increase the health and education spending to its original level... i ask ALL parties of Cobura to endorse this new budget..the budget that helps the poorest and most vunerable...The budget that will provide security in the form of more military spending.and a budget that will increases our competitiveness in science and technology and make us more productive.... |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 1,300,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB |
| Foreign Affairs | 740,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB |
| Internal Affairs | 13,208,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB |
| Finance | 14,550,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB | 1,000,000,000 COB |
| Defence | 14,050,000,000 COB | 28,000,000,000 COB | 29,000,000,000 COB |
| Justice | 1,892,000,000 COB | 10,000,000,000 COB | 10,000,000,000 COB |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 38,100,000,000 COB | 30,000,000,000 COB | 30,000,000,000 COB |
| Health and Social Services | 27,500,000,000 COB | 70,000,000,000 COB | 69,000,000,000 COB |
| Education and Culture | 31,000,100,000 COB | 70,000,000,000 COB | 69,000,000,000 COB |
| Science and Technology | 9,190,000,000 COB | 19,000,000,000 COB | 20,000,000,000 COB |
| Food and Agriculture | 2,933,000,000 COB | 18,000,000,000 COB | 18,000,000,000 COB |
| Environment and Tourism | 717,000,000 COB | 17,000,000,000 COB | 17,000,000,000 COB |
| Trade and Industry | 35,180,008,000 COB | 40,000,000,000 COB | 40,000,000,000 COB |
| Total | 190,360,108,000 COB | 306,000,000,000 COB | 306,000,000,000 COB |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:54:13, April 22, 2008 CET | From |  Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2565 |
| Message | How will cutting 2,000,000,000 COB from vital public services, of education and health, help the poorest and worst off? It will drive down standards in the healthcare system, drive down standards with our social services, such as job centres, social workers whom look after vunerble people,and it will drive down standards in our education system. Cutting money will mean job cuts, less equiptment and less services for the worst off in society. Also, while the economy was growing under the previous government, whom was one of the most economic sucessful in Coburan history, I express doubt that the current government will be able to carry on the economic growth, especally since they seem to be putting dogma first before economic stability. Harry Jenkins, DLP spokesman on Finance |
| Date | 14:59:38, April 22, 2008 CET | From | Coburan Conservative Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2565 |
| Message | With the latest reforms in health and the growth of the private sector the pressures on the health system are less.a 1bn cut is modest and acceptable to help the millions of people who just want some help from this government...maybe just enough help so they can give their children pocket money or buy neccessity goods...This government cares about people and the low taxes will mean economic growth as this least well off are the most likely to spend money in a tax cut...economic growth means more tax income which means more money can be invested into public services when required... We will not take any lessons from a party about drastic cuts and job losses.This is coming from a party that cut military spending by 10bn out of a 30 bn budget..we are talking about a 1bn cut out of a 70bn budget lets be reasonable |
| Date | 17:29:58, April 22, 2008 CET | From | Party for Individualism and Kitties | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2565 |
| Message | defence needs no increase |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 154 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 324 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions." - Sigmund Freud |