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Bill: Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom Party
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 not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2171
Description[?]:
| As Rutania has no immigration laws, border controls are archaic and unneeded for a modern, open Rutania. Abolishing border controls could save us a significant amount of money. The RFP proposes that the money currently spent on bureaucracy in border controls be reallocated to the budget for Education and Culture. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Article 2
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 30,000,000 RUT | 10,000,000 RUT | 10,000,000 RUT |
| Foreign Affairs | 320,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000 RUT |
| Internal Affairs | 4,000,000,000 RUT | 3,100,000,000 RUT | 3,000,000,000 RUT |
| Finance | 250,000,000 RUT | 2,500,000,000 RUT | 2,500,000,000 RUT |
| Defence | 8,000,000,000 RUT | 5,900,000,000 RUT | 5,900,000,000 RUT |
| Justice | 350,000,000 RUT | 3,900,000,000 RUT | 3,900,000,000 RUT |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 16,000,000,000 RUT | 3,850,000,000 RUT | 3,850,000,000 RUT |
| Health and Social Services | 32,500,000,000 RUT | 7,000,000,000 RUT | 7,000,000,000 RUT |
| Education and Culture | 18,500,000,000 RUT | 7,000,000,000 RUT | 7,100,000,000 RUT |
| Science and Technology | 8,500,000,000 RUT | 70,000,000 RUT | 70,000,000 RUT |
| Food and Agriculture | 6,500,000,000 RUT | 6,000,000 RUT | 6,000,000 RUT |
| Environment and Tourism | 1,450,000,000 RUT | 5,500,000 RUT | 5,500,000 RUT |
| Trade and Industry | 3,600,000,000 RUT | 4,750,000 RUT | 4,750,000 RUT |
| Total | 100,000,000,000 RUT | 33,366,250,000 RUT | 33,366,250,000 RUT |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:34:25, January 10, 2006 CET | From |  Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | The GRP opposes this blatant disregard for national security. Security checks, the brief ones we have in place now, are vital for ensuring that Rutania does not allow in known criminals and terrorists, as well as those who do not have our best interests at heart. |
| Date | 20:36:45, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | But think about the children that could recieve a better education with this proposal... all by cutting a little bureaucracy. |
| Date | 21:18:39, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | Actually none will, as we have private education. |
| Date | 21:31:05, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | We still *fund* that private education that you've shoved down our throats. |
| Date | 21:49:20, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | The GRP will not support a piece of legislation that willingly denies this country internal and external security, and which would allow any terrorist or criminal free and unbarred access into this country, threatening innocent Rutanians. The Ruts supposedly freed could easily come from the HoG or Environment and Tourism budgets. |
| Date | 09:07:31, January 11, 2006 CET | From | Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | Trying to pass a Budget with a Border Control on top? NO WAY! |
| Date | 14:34:14, January 11, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | What is the problem? I merelty suggest that we can save money by abolishing border control! |
| Date | 20:58:44, January 11, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | "We still *fund* that private education" We fund education for the poor. We have no inclination of how much that cost. "that you've shoved down our throats." The will of the people of Rutania "shoved that down your throats". |
| Date | 21:29:15, January 11, 2006 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | We will not approve of this Budget unless it includes the promised increase of funds for foreign affairs. |
| Date | 18:52:31, January 12, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | I dont think anyone promised those changes, you just demanded them. |
| Date | 17:33:36, January 13, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | We are willing to propose a spending bill for foreign affairs, and will do so in this running year. |
| Date | 21:03:56, January 13, 2006 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | We want cuts in HS&S and Education, those budgets are big in our opinion, we also would like HoG buget tripled, the Foreign one quintupled |
| Date | 13:27:01, January 14, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | The RFP promised those changes. |
| Date | 18:05:35, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Abolish Border Controls Act of May 2169 |
| Message | And we will propose them! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 76 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 437 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 86 |
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