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Bill: Balanced Budget proposal of May 4203
Details
Submitted by[?]: Whig 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: January 4204
Description[?]:
| The Whig Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Commonwealth of Rutania. With the current global economic situation quickly deteriorating our Budget revenue shortfall must be addressed. We offer this Budget bill to fix our current broken budget. Through a small change to Health care policy we believe that the Commonwealth should be able to save billions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 20
Proposed: 2
Article 3
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 22,000,000 RUT | 150,000 RUT | 150,000 RUT |
| Foreign Affairs | 285,000,000 RUT | 2,400,000,000 RUT | 2,400,000,000 RUT |
| Internal Affairs | 2,463,000,000 RUT | 1,400,000,000 RUT | 1,400,000,000 RUT |
| Finance | 150,000,000 RUT | 9,800,000 RUT | 9,800,000 RUT |
| Defence | 5,624,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000,000 RUT |
| Justice | 285,000,000 RUT | 520,000,000 RUT | 520,000,000 RUT |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 15,313,000,000 RUT | 10,000,000,000 RUT | 10,000,000,000 RUT |
| Health and Social Services | 28,750,000,000 RUT | 30,000,000,000 RUT | 25,000,000,000 RUT |
| Education and Culture | 16,850,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000,000 RUT | 20,000,000,000 RUT |
| Science and Technology | 6,763,000,000 RUT | 200,000,000 RUT | 200,000,000 RUT |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,931,000,000 RUT | 600,000,000 RUT | 600,000,000 RUT |
| Environment and Tourism | 1,255,000,000 RUT | 3,500,000,000 RUT | 2,500,000,000 RUT |
| Trade and Industry | 2,663,000,000 RUT | 820,000,000 RUT | 820,000,000 RUT |
| Total | 86,354,000,000 RUT | 89,449,950,000 RUT | 83,449,950,000 RUT |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:52:07, April 29, 2017 CET | From | Whig Party | To | Debating the Balanced Budget proposal of May 4203 |
| Message | Open to debate |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 233 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 270 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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