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Bill: Budget proposal of March 3114
Details
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: January 3115
Description[?]:
| We are loathe to propose these cuts. The problem, as others may have noticed, is that the budget deficit is getting larger and larger, and the government already constitutes over 55% of GDP. Given this, we are reluctant to increase taxation any further, and must very painfully come to terms with the fact that serious cuts in public expenditure are necessary. Given that health and education make up so much of our spending, it is inevitable that those key areas are going to have to take the brunt of this. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 20,000,000,000 DDO | 70,000 DDO | 70,000 DDO |
| Foreign Affairs | 17,500,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Internal Affairs | 20,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Finance | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Justice | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Health and Social Services | 50,000,000,000 DDO | 800,000,000,000 DDO | 600,000,000,000 DDO |
| Education and Culture | 30,000,000,000 DDO | 800,000,000,000 DDO | 600,000,000,000 DDO |
| Science and Technology | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 100,000,000,000 DDO | 50,000,000,000 DDO |
| Food and Agriculture | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Environment and Tourism | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Trade and Industry | 15,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO | 10,000,000,000 DDO |
| Total | 222,500,000,000 DDO | 1,960,000,070,000 DDO | 1,410,000,070,000 DDO |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:01:11, May 01, 2011 CET | From |  Volkspartei | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 3114 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, As Finance Minister I too take absolutely no pleasure in delivering this budget to the house, but it is necessary. Until we get our deficit under control and until we know - through the fairer taxes the Volkspartei promised - how much money we actually have to deal with, at which point our budget can be determined and we can balance our books once and for all. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 273 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 227 |
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| Random quote: "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - Mahatma Gandhi |