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Bill: Efficient use of the Budget Surplus
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tuesday Is Coming
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: May 2176
Description[?]:
| We propose that our nation provide more effectively for the needs of the less fortunate. The money is already there, and it is irresponsible of us not to spend it. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 500,000,000 LOD | 100,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD |
| Foreign Affairs | 4,000,000,000 LOD | 500,000,000 LOD | 5,000,000,000 LOD |
| Internal Affairs | 6,000,000,000 LOD | 1,500,000,000 LOD | 10,000,000,000 LOD |
| Finance | 1,500,000,000 LOD | 500,000,000 LOD | 10,000,000,000 LOD |
| Defence | 11,500,000,000 LOD | 2,000,000,000 LOD | 10,000,000,000 LOD |
| Justice | 5,500,000,000 LOD | 1,500,000,000 LOD | 2,000,000,000 LOD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 7,500,000,000 LOD | 1,500,000,000 LOD | 2,000,000,000 LOD |
| Health and Social Services | 20,000,000,000 LOD | 6,000,000,000 LOD | 20,000,000,000 LOD |
| Education and Culture | 17,500,000,000 LOD | 6,000,000,000 LOD | 6,000,000,000 LOD |
| Science and Technology | 2,000,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,000,000,000 LOD | 100,000,000 LOD | 5,000,000,000 LOD |
| Environment and Tourism | 500,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD |
| Trade and Industry | 5,500,000,000 LOD | 1,000,000,000 LOD | 5,000,000,000 LOD |
| Total | 87,000,000,000 LOD | 22,700,000,000 LOD | 78,000,000,000 LOD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:45:57, January 24, 2006 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | Any suggestions for additional outlays? |
| Date | 19:03:53, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | If there are no comments from the Senate, we must move this to a vote. Please remember that we have been running a large surplus for quite some time, we are not increasing taxation, only spending what we already have. |
| Date | 19:13:39, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | Proposed: Head of Government 1.28% Foreign Affairs 6.41% Internal Affairs 12.82% Finance 12.82% Defence 12.82% Justice 2.56% Infrastructure and Transport 2.56% Health and Social Services 25.64% Education and Culture 7.69% Science and Technology 1.28% Food and Agriculture 6.41% Environment and Tourism 1.28% Trade and Industry 6.41% Total 78,000,000,000 LOD |
| Date | 15:30:25, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | We hope the silent parties of lodamun will support this move to fiscal responsibility. |
| Date | 15:33:09, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Milice | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | Why does finance need 10Billion? Surely that is basically money for running the finance department, we can't see what else they do that requires a figure of 10billion? That would be money better invested in defence. |
| Date | 19:12:19, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | Finance funds tax collection. Tax collection is an expensive procedure whose cost increases as the amount collected increases. It is also the department that can least afford to be under-funded, as doing so would lead to insufficient or inefficient collection of required revenues. |
| Date | 11:55:00, January 26, 2006 CET | From | Milice | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | Hmm, we think this should be investigated further, we still cannot believe that the tax collectors will have an equivalent strength to the armed forces, or use the same resources in buying equipment and researching new arms. |
| Date | 00:14:34, January 27, 2006 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Efficient use of the Budget Surplus |
| Message | We would be willing to increase the defense budget. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 40 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
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