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Bill: Budget proposal of January 2602
Details
Submitted by[?]: Silly Hats Party
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: June 2603
Description[?]:
| The Social Democrat Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Gerajan Protectorates of Malivia. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 10,000,000 MCR | 1,000,000,000 MCR | 900,000,000 MCR |
| Foreign Affairs | 100,000,000 MCR | 5,200,000,000 MCR | 5,000,000,000 MCR |
| Internal Affairs | 5,600,000,000 MCR | 3,000,000,000 MCR | 2,650,000,000 MCR |
| Finance | 2,550,000,000 MCR | 2,250,000,000 MCR | 2,000,000,000 MCR |
| Defence | 2,500,000,000 MCR | 51,000,000,000 MCR | 50,500,000,000 MCR |
| Justice | 8,000,000,000 MCR | 11,900,000,000 MCR | 11,600,000,000 MCR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 0 MCR | 18,000,000,000 MCR | 17,800,000,000 MCR |
| Health and Social Services | 9,900,000,000 MCR | 17,000,000,000 MCR | 16,900,000,000 MCR |
| Education and Culture | 1,500,000,000 MCR | 18,100,000,000 MCR | 18,000,000,000 MCR |
| Science and Technology | 250,000,000 MCR | 18,500,000,000 MCR | 18,400,000,000 MCR |
| Food and Agriculture | 1,500,000,000 MCR | 14,000,000,000 MCR | 13,950,000,000 MCR |
| Environment and Tourism | 10,000,000 MCR | 9,250,000,000 MCR | 9,100,000,000 MCR |
| Trade and Industry | 9,000,000,000 MCR | 4,250,000,000 MCR | 4,100,000,000 MCR |
| Total | 40,920,000,000 MCR | 173,450,000,000 MCR | 170,900,000,000 MCR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:46:45, July 05, 2008 CET | From | Silly Hats Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of January 2602 |
| Message | As a result of the proposed cuts in government reciepts, the SDP would like the approval and suggestions of the parliament before putting a new budget to a vote. This budget is designed to maintain a reasonable budget surplus, and would see spending reductions in every area, with none of the funding cuts being too large or small in any particular area. The extra money in the pockets of Malivians from these revenue cuts should benefit the Malivian economy, and it is the opinion of the SDP that this proposed budget should be passed as it is far more appropriate than the current one, which would lead to a large budget deficit under future receipt levels. |
| Date | 12:58:39, July 05, 2008 CET | From | Supporters of Science in Design (IP) | To | Debating the Budget proposal of January 2602 |
| Message | We are glad to support this budget. Certain changes we disagree with - the reductions to Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Infrastructure being most worrisome to us - but overall we believe that it is the wisest move to cut government expenditures from the recent state it has been in, which we have felt was overly large. In the long term we hope to see further cuts, but will support this intermediary state. -Sarah Cassidy, Shadow Finance Minister, Supporters of Science in Design |
| Date | 16:15:31, July 05, 2008 CET | From | National Labor Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of January 2602 |
| Message | Malivia Left shares the concerns of the SSD about cuts in funding to the Defense department. We will support this budget, but expect that any future attempts to cut national spending will not change the funding levels to the Ministry of Defense. We do not understand why there is a need for a cut of 1.00% to the Defense department, but only 0.35% to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. This department is integral to the security of all Malivians and is simply the most important of all government ministries - a cut of this level compared to the cut in Food and Agriculture makes no sense to us. |
| Date | 07:05:09, July 07, 2008 CET | From | Silly Hats Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of January 2602 |
| Message | The SDP would like to point out to ML that the cut in defence is not 1%, and would also like to point out that while defence will not have funding cuts looked into it in the future, other areas like food and agriculture will. Cuts cannot be made all at once Further adjustments will be made to the budget in the future as necessary. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 94 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 31 |
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