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Bill: Let's Give Rutanians A Job Act

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Capitalist Working Families

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: October 3551

Description^[?]:

Dear Distinguished Members of the Parliament:

First and foremost, please *note* that the Capitalist Working Families Party received the *largest* gain of seats than *any* other party in this body at an unbelievable *56* seats, or *9.22%*. Therefore, this means that our Party's message of tax cuts and lower spending to encourage private-sector investment spending is resonating with the People of Rutania:

cf. http://classic.particracy.net/viewnews.php?after=18600&before=18612&nation=6

Thus, we are simply proposing an across-the-board tax cut for the People at *10%*. in order to proportionately *balance the budget*, we must reduce overall government spending by about *59%*. The justifications for such a sharp decrease in government expenditures are the following:

(1) (a) As of the current State of the Economy, our *Investment Component* of Rutania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measly *12.27%*:

cf. http://classic.particracy.net/budget.php?nationid=6

(b) Economists in the Commonwealth of Rutania are *uniformly* in agreement that when the Government increases spending, it *crowds-out* Private-sector *investment* which will create high-paying *jobs* for the Rutanian People.

cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowding_out_(economics)

(c) For example, allow us to explain this situation using a simple analogy: if there is a total of 10 RUT in the entire economy, and 7 RUT is driven by Consumption with Government spending amounting to an astronomical 2 RUT, then that means that the Private-Sector *only* has 1 RUT to spend on *Job Growth* and *Investment*.

(d) Therefore, we are simply proposing that if we were to *reduce* the Government portion of GDP from 2 RUT by 59%, that will *increase* the *Investment* component of GDP by an extra 1.18 RUT thus increasing Rutania's total investment by an astronomical *118%* (or more than *double*, or about *24%* instead of "12.27%").

(2) When politicians campaign for office, all they ever do is "promise" to "create jobs" for the people, but they *never* give a detailed plan on *how* to create those jobs in the private sector. The *truth* is if we radically reduce Government spending, it will increase the *Investment* component of Rutania's GDP. Let's just give it a try.

----Brian A. Mayfield, Minister of Health and Social Sciences

Proposals

Article 1

Ministry	Current Budget	Old Budget	Propesed Budget
Head of Government	22,000,000 RUT	25,000,000 RUT	14,750,000 RUT
Foreign Affairs	285,000,000 RUT	600,000,000 RUT	354,000,000 RUT
Internal Affairs	2,463,000,000 RUT	1,200,000,000 RUT	708,000,000 RUT
Finance	150,000,000 RUT	430,000,000 RUT	253,700,000 RUT
Defence	5,624,000,000 RUT	21,150,000,000 RUT	12,478,500,000 RUT
Justice	285,000,000 RUT	1,300,000,000 RUT	767,000,000 RUT
Infrastructure and Transport	15,313,000,000 RUT	9,500,000,000 RUT	5,605,000,000 RUT
Health and Social Services	28,750,000,000 RUT	6,500,000,000 RUT	3,835,000,000 RUT
Education and Culture	16,850,000,000 RUT	11,500,000,000 RUT	6,785,000,000 RUT
Science and Technology	6,763,000,000 RUT	11,500,000,000 RUT	6,785,000,000 RUT
Food and Agriculture	5,931,000,000 RUT	650,000,000 RUT	383,500,000 RUT
Environment and Tourism	1,255,000,000 RUT	600,000,000 RUT	354,000,000 RUT
Trade and Industry	2,663,000,000 RUT	600,000,000 RUT	354,000,000 RUT
Total	86,354,000,000 RUT	65,555,000,000 RUT	38,677,450,000 RUT

Debate

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yes

Total Seats: 289

Total Seats: 0

abstain

Total Seats: 266

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