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Bill: Budget proposal of December 2667
Details
Submitted by[?]: Confederacy of Social Darwinists
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: August 2668
Description[?]:
| The Confederacy of Social Darwinists propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the United Realms of Zardugal. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 25,986,179,937 ZAR | 500,000 ZAR | 500,000 ZAR |
| Foreign Affairs | 35,986,179,937 ZAR | 380,000,000 ZAR | 380,000,000 ZAR |
| Internal Affairs | 25,986,179,937 ZAR | 500,000,000 ZAR | 500,000,000 ZAR |
| Finance | 19,986,179,937 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR |
| Defence | 54,152,020,700 ZAR | 300,000,000,000 ZAR | 340,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Justice | 20,986,179,937 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 25,986,179,937 ZAR | 400,000,000,000 ZAR | 150,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Health and Social Services | 140,986,179,937 ZAR | 5,000,000,000 ZAR | 5,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Education and Culture | 140,986,179,937 ZAR | 200,000,000,000 ZAR | 200,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Science and Technology | 25,986,179,937 ZAR | 4,000,000,000 ZAR | 2,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Food and Agriculture | 23,486,179,937 ZAR | 800,000,000 ZAR | 800,000,000 ZAR |
| Environment and Tourism | 60,120,476,570 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR |
| Trade and Industry | 50,986,179,937 ZAR | 700,000,000 ZAR | 600,000,000 ZAR |
| Total | 651,620,476,577 ZAR | 912,400,500,000 ZAR | 700,300,500,000 ZAR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:38:17, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Pro People Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2667 |
| Message | While i strongly advocate a higher defense budget, i hate to see our infrastructure, and science nearly cut in half as well as a 15% cut on trade and industry. |
| Date | 04:42:55, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Pro People Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2667 |
| Message | When the government spends money... the economy increases |
| Date | 04:57:38, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Confederacy of Social Darwinists | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2667 |
| Message | OOC: Higher taxes and more regulation lead to a economic slow down in turn. The higher taxes needed to expand the government budget tend to over turn any expansion of government spending. |
| Date | 15:29:37, November 19, 2008 CET | From | Secular Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2667 |
| Message | I can't abide a cut in science and technology, so reluctantly the SIP will abstain. Dr Stewart Tolley |
| Date | 19:59:06, November 19, 2008 CET | From | League of Christian Socialists | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 2667 |
| Message | We are strongly opposed to the cuts in the budget for infrastructure and transport. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 332 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 233 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
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