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Bill: Budget proposal of January 2777

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Revolucia Partio de Koburo

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: September 2777

Description^[?]:

The Revolutionary Party of Cobura propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Republic of Cobura.

Proposals

Article 1

Ministry	Current Budget	Old Budget	Propesed Budget
Head of Government	1,300,000,000 COB	5,000,000 COB	5,000,000 COB
Foreign Affairs	740,000,000 COB	800,000,000 COB	800,000,000 COB
Internal Affairs	13,208,000,000 COB	15,000,000,000 COB	15,000,000,000 COB
Finance	14,550,000,000 COB	4,000,000,000 COB	5,000,000,000 COB
Defence	14,050,000,000 COB	70,000,000,000 COB	80,000,000,000 COB
Justice	1,892,000,000 COB	5,000,000,000 COB	5,000,000,000 COB
Infrastructure and Transport	38,100,000,000 COB	55,000,000,000 COB	60,000,000,000 COB
Health and Social Services	27,500,000,000 COB	100,500,000,000 COB	100,500,000,000 COB
Education and Culture	31,000,100,000 COB	80,000,000,000 COB	80,000,000,000 COB
Science and Technology	9,190,000,000 COB	40,000,000,000 COB	45,000,000,000 COB
Food and Agriculture	2,933,000,000 COB	10,000,000,000 COB	10,000,000,000 COB
Environment and Tourism	717,000,000 COB	15,000,000,000 COB	20,000,000,000 COB
Trade and Industry	35,180,008,000 COB	55,000,000,000 COB	60,000,000,000 COB
Total	190,360,108,000 COB	450,305,000,000 COB	481,305,000,000 COB

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	22:26:10, June 25, 2009 CET
From	Social Democratic Party
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	why increase spending when we already have a large deficit? Cut in Trade and Industry to get a smaler deficit!

Date	22:38:00, June 25, 2009 CET
From	Revolucia Partio de Koburo
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	We need direct investment and subsidies in the major industries. Ever since you privatised the economy, growth has slowed to a crawl.

Date	23:36:50, June 25, 2009 CET
From	Party of Marxist Unification
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	No on account of wasting money on defence.

Date	23:39:58, June 25, 2009 CET
From	Revolucia Partio de Koburo
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	1. How is that wasting money? It creates jobs, etc. 2. Isn't it a little bit unreasonable to vote down the entire thing because of one disagreement?

Date	00:52:41, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Social Democratic Party
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	propose a more defensive budget, an alternative can be to raise taxes, espescially on esenscial goods which is the single largest post of income the state can have.

Date	07:47:51, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Revolucia Partio de Koburo
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	I won't raise taxes on the poor.

Date	10:02:04, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Social Democratic Party
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	you, as the finance minister of Cobura must find an answer to our current deficit.

Date	10:25:02, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Revolucia Partio de Koburo
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	We barely have a deficit. It only makes up around 3% of GDP, a figure which is perfectly manageable. OOC: Norway has a debt of over 40% of GDP in RL.

Date	18:54:56, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Social Democratic Party
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	OOC: Norway also have a governmental investmentfund with 2000 billions NOK. Its more than the debt. AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT MANY TIMES, WE HAVE A TOTAL SURPLUS! So you better investigate a little more befor you take conclusions.

Date	19:14:04, June 26, 2009 CET
From	Revolucia Partio de Koburo
To	Debating the Budget proposal of January 2777
Message	I am aware of the investment fund, which fell by about 5% last year.

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Voting

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Seats

yes

Revolucia Partio de Koburo (88)

Total Seats: 88

Social Democratic Party (152)
Party of Marxist Unification (73)

Total Seats: 225

abstain

Party for Individualism and Kitties (138)
Velvet Mafia (101)
national patriot party (49)

Total Seats: 288

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