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Bill: Budget proposal of February 2628
Details
Submitted by[?]: Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten
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: March 2629
Description[?]:
| The Hulstrian Nationalist Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 2,000,000,000 HCR | 20,000,000 HCR | 15,000,000 HCR |
| Foreign Affairs | 12,500,000,000 HCR | 4,000,000,000 HCR | 2,200,000,000 HCR |
| Internal Affairs | 35,000,000,000 HCR | 13,000,000,000 HCR | 15,000,000,000 HCR |
| Finance | 10,000,000,000 HCR | 1,000,000,000 HCR | 60,000,000 HCR |
| Defence | 80,000,000,000 HCR | 250,000,000,000 HCR | 300,000,000,000 HCR |
| Justice | 12,500,000,000 HCR | 70,000,000,000 HCR | 75,000,000,000 HCR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 35,000,000,000 HCR | 250,000,000,000 HCR | 175,000,000,000 HCR |
| Health and Social Services | 50,000,000,000 HCR | 300,000,000,000 HCR | 200,000,000,000 HCR |
| Education and Culture | 40,000,000,000 HCR | 300,000,000,000 HCR | 350,000,000,000 HCR |
| Science and Technology | 25,000,000,000 HCR | 60,000,000,000 HCR | 70,000,000,000 HCR |
| Food and Agriculture | 15,000,000,000 HCR | 10,000,000,000 HCR | 55,000,000,000 HCR |
| Environment and Tourism | 15,000,000,000 HCR | 5,500,000,000 HCR | 60,000,000,000 HCR |
| Trade and Industry | 25,000,000,000 HCR | 200,000,000,000 HCR | 150,000,000,000 HCR |
| Total | 357,000,000,000 HCR | 1,463,520,000,000 HCR | 1,452,275,000,000 HCR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:53:07, August 28, 2008 CET | From |  Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2628 |
| Message | To complement the new taxation bill which is currently being voted on by the Imperial Diet, and has already achieved the support of most of our colleagues, I have prepared a new budget proposal for the Imperial Diets consideration. This budget will see a reduction in government spending numbering 11,245,000,000 HCR, which will be added to the expected surplus (assuming the proposed taxation bill is passed) to give a total surplus of 103,924,000,000 HCR. We hope to translate this increased surplus into further reductions of the tax burden imposed on Hulstrians for the next fiscal year. Cuts have been made to the largely-bureaucratic ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs in addition to the Staatsministers Office. The budget for the Ministry of Health and Social Services has been cut due to significant alterations in government policy since the last Imperial budget was created, namely that the responsibility has largely shifted to private health services. Additionally, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport have had their budgets modestly cut for similar reasons. However, the budgets of the Ministries of Food and Agriculture and Environment and Tourism have been increased significantly. The Ministries of Defence, Science and Technology, Justice, and Internal Affairs have received increases to their allotments as well. I believe that this budget will serve the interests of Greater Hulstria and His Imperial Majestys subjects far better than the current budget, which wastes hundreds of billions of crowns on lavish budgets for ministries which do not require the resources thrown upon them to fulfil their functions. I urge all of my colleagues in the Imperial Diet to join with my party in enthusiast supporting this budgetary reform. -Nicolaas van der Burgh Minister of Finance DM for Hennersdam Centre |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 336 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 314 |
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