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Bill: Finance Ministers Budget
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party
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: December 4354
Description[?]:
| In the governments official budget, we aim to expand spending in order to support further economic expansion and return our nation to pre-Tea Party economic success. Budget Details 1. Outsourcing of some military contracts have delivered a 2bn MRD saving. 2. New road networks, rail electrification and shipping lane improvements will cost 10bn MRD. These are expected to return 32bn MRD in economic activity. 3. Wage rises and research grant funding increases in Healthcare will cost 3bn MRD. 4. Due to increased bureaucracy with Student Loans, the cost of administration has inflated by 1bn MRD. 5. E-Learning suites will be installed in all public schools to ensure technology is being utilised to improve educational standards this will cost 4bn MRD. 6. 10bn MRD funding increase to be spread across 200 different technology and science projects which are expected to improve AI technologies and biotech advances. 7. Re-Introduction of Green Tourism Fund which helps hotels, resorts and local businesses in tourism towns and cities borrow cash from the government at very low-interest rates to invest in green energy generation. This costs 5bn MRD. 8. New Green Industry Tax Rebate to cost 10bn MRD which will allow low carbon industry deduct up to 75% from their corporation tax bill for improvements to air quality. Michael Sedden Finance Minister Democratic Left |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 2,000,000,000 MRD | 35,000,000 MRD | 35,000,000 MRD |
| Foreign Affairs | 15,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD |
| Internal Affairs | 40,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD |
| Finance | 5,000,000,000 MRD | 15,000,000,000 MRD | 15,000,000,000 MRD |
| Defence | 30,000,000,000 MRD | 82,000,000,000 MRD | 80,000,000,000 MRD |
| Justice | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 10,000,000,000 MRD | 10,000,000,000 MRD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 80,000,000,000 MRD | 60,000,000,000 MRD | 70,000,000,000 MRD |
| Health and Social Services | 250,000,000,000 MRD | 207,000,000,000 MRD | 210,000,000,000 MRD |
| Education and Culture | 150,000,000,000 MRD | 57,000,000,000 MRD | 62,000,000,000 MRD |
| Science and Technology | 15,000,000,000 MRD | 60,000,000,000 MRD | 70,000,000,000 MRD |
| Food and Agriculture | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 10,000,000,000 MRD | 10,000,000,000 MRD |
| Environment and Tourism | 10,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 25,000,000,000 MRD |
| Trade and Industry | 10,000,000,000 MRD | 20,000,000,000 MRD | 30,000,000,000 MRD |
| Total | 647,000,000,000 MRD | 581,035,000,000 MRD | 622,035,000,000 MRD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:58:47, February 25, 2018 CET | From | Mordusia First! | To | Debating the Finance Ministers Budget |
| Message | Members of Parliament, Former President Gordon Mirani and the Democratic Left had one thing in common; they both had no sense of economics. The Democratic Left is a party of reckless spending and ridiculous taxation; their economic policies are a burden on our nation. We have a large debt and large unemployment levels- wasting money on leaves, grass, those sticks doctors put in your mouth and vinegar will not fix those problems, that is a guarantee. I fully understand that under the Mirani leadership, the Tea Party failed and trying to fix the economy and I regret voting for the flat tax even though I am for low taxes and even though our GDP has increased slightly. However Gordon Mirani has resigned and I have replaced him meaning that there will no longer be anymore economic mismanagement made by the Tea Party, it will managed in the correct form. The Tea Party will vote against this bill and will not support any budget increases unless they have been proposed for a reason. Peter Grayson Leader of the Tea Party |
| Date | 15:37:30, February 25, 2018 CET | From | Communist Party | To | Debating the Finance Ministers Budget |
| Message | Ms Speaker, Once again, we see the Tea Party lie about the Democratic Lefts position on taxation and economics. Our government with the Labour Party and Green Party is seeing the introduction of a tax plan which actually reduces the tax burden. We are working with businesses in order to expand investment and ensure we are investing correctly as a government to support further growth. The Tea Party may have a new leader, but they still don't understand basic economic principles. Without redistributive taxes and government investment, the economy will not recover from the Tea Party's disastrous mismanagement. Mr Grayson should learn a lesson from the recent election, the people do not agree with libertarian economics, they don't agree with him and his party on many social issues and he should take note. Our nation needs strong investment and a strong government to deliver economic prosperity. That's what they have now, unfortunately, they were let down by the Tea Party who seems to spend more time attacking parties, instead of debating policy. Geoff Freeman Leader of the Democratic Left |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 316 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 284 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike." - Oscar Wilde |