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Bill: Budget proposal of December 2610
Details
Submitted by[?]: Berosian 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: August 2611
Description[?]:
| Our government is in a hefty deficit, due mostly to increased spending. The Berosian party proposes a severe cut in government spending, mostly in the three areas that take up nearly 94% of our entire budget: Health and Social Services, Education and Culture, and Defense. While the Berosian party cringes at the thought of denying our fighting men and women more funding, we feel it must be done. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 8,468,962 LIK | 1,000,000 LIK | 1,000,000 LIK |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,117,240,580 LIK | 100,000,000 LIK | 100,000,000 LIK |
| Internal Affairs | 7,622,066,087 LIK | 20,000,000,000 LIK | 10,000,000,000 LIK |
| Finance | 4,234,481,159 LIK | 500,000 LIK | 500,000 LIK |
| Defence | 12,703,443,478 LIK | 130,000,000,000 LIK | 100,000,000,000 LIK |
| Justice | 5,928,273,623 LIK | 250,000,000 LIK | 250,000,000 LIK |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 9,315,858,550 LIK | 70,000,000 LIK | 70,000,000 LIK |
| Health and Social Services | 11,856,547,246 LIK | 130,000,000,000 LIK | 50,000,000,000 LIK |
| Education and Culture | 8,468,962,319 LIK | 130,000,000,000 LIK | 50,000,000,000 LIK |
| Science and Technology | 6,775,169,855 LIK | 500,000,000 LIK | 500,000,000 LIK |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,081,377,391 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK |
| Environment and Tourism | 4,657,929,275 LIK | 1 LIK | 1 LIK |
| Trade and Industry | 5,919,804,661 LIK | 5,000,000,000 LIK | 5,000,000,000 LIK |
| Total | 84,689,623,186 LIK | 416,921,500,001 LIK | 216,921,500,001 LIK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:21:17, July 24, 2008 CET | From | Spenocratic Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2610 |
| Message | Those 3 areas are the places we wish to see spending. For now, we will abstain. We would rather to see spending taken away in areas like industry. |
| Date | 18:33:48, July 24, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2610 |
| Message | The RTP shares the feelings of The Spenocratic Party. We wish to see an increase in funding to education, and a smaller decrease in the other proposed areas. We would also like to see a decrease in Industry. We shall also abstain for the time being. |
| Date | 18:59:50, July 24, 2008 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2610 |
| Message | While the Berosian party recognizes that decreases in other areas may or may not be more beneficial, their current budget, even if eliminated, would not cover the deficit we are currently in. As hard as it may be, we must cut back in the areas that we are spending most. Even if we completely eliminated the budgets from all sectors except the three with the most cutbacks in this proposal, we would still be spending 390,000,000,000 LIK; still almost double what we are taking in. We must cut back on these areas. |
| Date | 20:31:43, July 24, 2008 CET | From | Spenocratic Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2610 |
| Message | The Spenocrats believe that the real answer is to find the method of tax that will raise revenue and keep the economy healthy. We believe that this can be found within a flat tax. If the flat tax proposal of the Income Tax Bill were to pass, we would have sufficient revenue to fund the health and education programs of the nation, we would have the funds to pay for a world class military, we would have the funds to pay for infrastructure. We do not need a big government system riddled with many tax codes to do this. We need one simple flat tax and good spending habits. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 222 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 444 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Selucia is Particracy's modern take on Ancient Rome, located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice." - Friedrich August von Hayek |