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Bill: Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571
Details
Submitted by[?]: Coalition for National Unity [CNU]
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: April 2572
Description[?]:
The Conservative and Morality Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Federal Republic of Solentia. This bill is proposed in order to rectify the mistake of the Senate in only accepting half a fiscal policy, thus sending Solentia into debt. |
Proposals
Article 1
Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
Head of Government | 0 SOL | 5,000,000 SOL | 5,000,000 SOL |
Foreign Affairs | 0 SOL | 5,000,000,000 SOL | 5,000,000,000 SOL |
Internal Affairs | 0 SOL | 13,000,000,000 SOL | 10,000,000,000 SOL |
Finance | 0 SOL | 2,500,000,000 SOL | 2,000,000,000 SOL |
Defence | 0 SOL | 50,000,000,000 SOL | 50,000,000,000 SOL |
Justice | 0 SOL | 13,000,000,000 SOL | 13,000,000,000 SOL |
Infrastructure and Transport | 0 SOL | 26,000,000,000 SOL | 15,000,000,000 SOL |
Health and Social Services | 0 SOL | 51,000,000,000 SOL | 35,000,000,000 SOL |
Education and Culture | 0 SOL | 55,000,000,000 SOL | 35,000,000,000 SOL |
Science and Technology | 0 SOL | 25,000,000,000 SOL | 15,000,000,000 SOL |
Food and Agriculture | 0 SOL | 14,500,000,000 SOL | 9,500,000,000 SOL |
Environment and Tourism | 0 SOL | 12,000,000,000 SOL | 9,400,000,000 SOL |
Trade and Industry | 0 SOL | 47,000,000,000 SOL | 47,000,000,000 SOL |
Total | 0 SOL | 314,005,000,000 SOL | 245,905,000,000 SOL |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 11:21:49, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | A budget which will cut taxes, cut spending in various departments and will take our country out of defecit. Matthew Cuttindgale, Shadow Finance Minister |
Date | 12:51:55, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Anarcho-Atheist League | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Or we could just raise the taxes you cut on those who didn't need it |
Date | 12:56:20, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Those taxes were needed to ensure that people have more money and to assist those who are unemployed after the FRP's time in power. Matthew Cuttindgale, Shadow Finance Minister |
Date | 15:00:04, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | The People Party might get off the habit of using the FRP as a strawman to wave away their own mistakes. Senate Warden Harold Belisarius |
Date | 16:06:17, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | The Senate voted for half a programme and against the other half. This is being submitted again to give the senate a second chance at rectifying their mistakes. If you choose not to pull the country out of deffecit, on your own heads be it. Winston Mallard, Secretary of State for Finance. |
Date | 16:33:56, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | We will be suggesting tax modifications shortly which will pull us out of this quagmire. In the meantime, this bill would reduce the government to the point of inoperability. |
Date | 18:00:16, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Again, the members of this senate prove incapable of sticking to a policy. First you want to get us out of bankruptcy, now you dont. Will the Right Honourable Gentlemen in the SRNP be changing their policies on anything else? We may as well get it out in the open now to avoid future confusion over your mandate. Dorothea Roberts - CMP Chairman of the Executive Agenda. |
Date | 18:29:49, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Radnats- seeing as my party has never held the finance ministry, how is anything to do with the economy, my mess? The only thing i voted on was reduced taxes and a cut in budget now that some key services such as transport and welfare are privatised, we don't need as much taxes. We were also in deficit and so this new budget that the CMP proposed was a resolution to this. You are the one flip-flopping, whilst we make tough decisions on how best to deal with struggling economy that the FRP created, and yes it was the frp before you start mouthing off because they were the last administration before the current one. Matthew Cuttingdale, Shadow Finance |
Date | 19:43:23, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Our mandate, as handed to us by a great number of voters, is to make certain our state is effective and solvent. If that requires flexibility and change, we will do so. S.W. Harold Belisarius. |
Date | 19:48:26, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Coalition for National Unity [CNU] | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | The Radicals either want to save the nation or they dont, this is a blatent disregard for the policies of your own party and an attempt at blinding the people of this nation to your own policy blunders. Stop trying to decieve the people of Solentia and start being consistant. Dorothea Roberts - CMP Chairman of the Executive Agenda. |
Date | 19:52:17, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Our mandate, as handed to us by a great number of voters, is to make certain our state is effective and solvent. If that requires flexibility and change, we will do so. SRNP- your mandate was given to you knowing full well you voted for tax cuts not rises, you are a bunch of hypocritcal opportunistic pigs who want nothing more than peoples votes. To vote for the "nice" option before an election winning votes and betraying your electorates decision to vote for you by doing a policy u-turn isn't flexible or change it is opportunism of the worst kind- the kind that could come from you and only you to be frank. |
Date | 19:55:56, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | -yawn- |
Date | 19:58:27, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | Well I am glad to know the Radnats have such a fantastic defence to the claims that are so precise and spot on- opportunism, policy u-turns and passing the buck. If you the electorate agree with these things why not vote at the next election for the Radnats, if you want serious politics vote for the PP or the CMP who try and help those in need by cutting taxes, not raising them, lifting people out of poverty, not into poverty and who believe everyone should have luxury items not just some. Matthew Cuttingdale |
Date | 20:02:16, May 05, 2008 CET | From | Solentian People Party | To | Debating the Emergency Budget proposal of August 2571 |
Message | I have now written to the Radnats and attempted to ask them to change their minds on budget and tax bills for the good of the people by giving them one last chance. Matthew Cuttingdale, Shadow Finance |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 97 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 248 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
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