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Bill: Budget proposal of March 2675
Details
Submitted by[?]: League of Christian Socialists
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: November 2675
Description[?]:
| I propose a new budget that will provide the investment in public services and infrastructure that Zardugal so desperately needs. Derek O'Reilly (Minister of Finance) |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 3,000,000,000 ZAR | 500,000 ZAR | 500,000 ZAR |
| Foreign Affairs | 63,000,000,000 ZAR | 380,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Internal Affairs | 23,000,000,000 ZAR | 500,000,000 ZAR | 5,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Finance | 23,000,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000 ZAR |
| Defence | 23,000,000,000 ZAR | 650,000,000,000 ZAR | 500,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Justice | 23,000,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 73,000,000,000 ZAR | 150,000,000,000 ZAR | 200,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Health and Social Services | 43,000,000,000 ZAR | 3,000,000,000 ZAR | 100,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Education and Culture | 63,000,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000,000 ZAR | 200,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Science and Technology | 43,000,000,000 ZAR | 9,500,000,000 ZAR | 10,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Food and Agriculture | 43,000,000,000 ZAR | 400,000,000 ZAR | 400,000,000 ZAR |
| Environment and Tourism | 13,000,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000 ZAR | 500,000,000 ZAR |
| Trade and Industry | 123,000,000,000 ZAR | 500,000,000 ZAR | 1,000,000,000 ZAR |
| Total | 559,000,000,000 ZAR | 825,291,500,000 ZAR | 1,018,910,500,000 ZAR |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:52:22, December 03, 2008 CET | From | Secular Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2675 |
| Message | I commend the LCS for their suggested investment in education and science and technology but I cannot condone the huge increases in social services, Imagine the taxes! |
| Date | 23:05:03, December 03, 2008 CET | From | Confederacy of Social Darwinists | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2675 |
| Message | This is socialism, nothing more. |
| Date | 18:31:47, December 04, 2008 CET | From | Capitalist Party of Zardugal | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2675 |
| Message | Isn't health care private in this country? |
| Date | 00:51:26, December 05, 2008 CET | From | League of Christian Socialists | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 2675 |
| Message | We still make funds available to subsidise pharmaceutical drugs for those on low incomes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 99 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 279 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 222 |
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| Random quote: "The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward." - John Maynard Keynes |