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Bill: Budget proposal of December 3032
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvikische Volkspartei
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 3033
Description[?]:
| The Green Socialist Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the People's Republic of Dorvik. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 20,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000 DDO | 1,000,000 DDO |
| Foreign Affairs | 17,500,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO | 25,000,000,000 DDO |
| Internal Affairs | 20,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Finance | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Justice | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000,000 DDO | 75,000,000,000 DDO |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 500,000,000,000 DDO | 95,000,000,000 DDO |
| Health and Social Services | 50,000,000,000 DDO | 1,000,000,000,000 DDO | 800,000,000,000 DDO |
| Education and Culture | 30,000,000,000 DDO | 1,000,000,000,000 DDO | 800,000,000,000 DDO |
| Science and Technology | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 500,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Food and Agriculture | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 500,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Environment and Tourism | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 500,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Trade and Industry | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 500,000,000 DDO | 95,000,000,000 DDO |
| Total | 222,500,000,000 DDO | 2,752,200,000,000 DDO | 2,140,001,000,000 DDO |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:03:57, November 20, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 3032 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are pained by these savage cuts in public expenditure. Overseas aid should be increased, not decreased, as Dorvik is a wealthy enough country to afford to do more to alleviate suffering in the poorest parts of the world. The reduction in infrastructure spending will damage our economy in the long-run. And the cuts in health and education will hurt everybody, and hurt the poorest the most. So much for Green Socialism! |
| Date | 01:04:34, November 20, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 3032 |
| Message | However, given the damage the GSP have already done to our public finances, we see little choice but to reluctantly support this proposal. |
| Date | 01:10:09, November 20, 2010 CET | From | Dorvikische Volkspartei | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 3032 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are merely rebalancing Dorvik's economy, which was extremely unbalanced. The government has already had the support of one opposition party, the Lormish National Congress, in supporting the taxation reform which savagely decreased the poor's income. Low-income families are almost tax-free in comparison to the 40% that the CPU had supported previously. As a consequence, yes, we have had to make hard cuts, but only because previous administrations had failed to recognise the bizarre and unfair budget Dorvik had, and again, failed to act upon it. At least this government is actually taking steps to improve Dorvik, whether those effects are immediate or for the long run, this government has every Dorvish person at heart. |
| Date | 01:19:02, November 20, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 3032 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The GSP is unfair in alleging the previous income tax regime was unfair on the poor. Yes, we had a 40% flat rate of tax, but this tax rate only kicked in after quite a high income threshold was reached. You had to be earning over 14,000 DO before you even began to pay income tax. See: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=305046 If you look at the income distribution curves on the region pages, you'll see that the very poorest incomes range from around 11,000-13,000 DO, which meant the very poorest didn't pay any income tax at all. |
| Date | 01:27:46, November 20, 2010 CET | From | Dorvikische Volkspartei | To | Debating the Budget proposal of December 3032 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Regardless, this proposal would make it easier for the lower social classes to get richer. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 293 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 207 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower |