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Bill: Budget proposal of March 4374
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: November 4374
Description[?]:
| Senators, The recent legislative changes have increased the budgetary requirements for a number of services, which our current budget is ill equipped to deal with. The introduction of the death penalty has led to an increased requirement for higher Justice spending, as seeking the death penalty incurs significantly more time, effort, and costs. The expansion of our housing and child benefit policies require higher spending for Food and Agriculture, Trade and Industry, and Infrastructure and Transport. Thankfully our high luxury goods tax allows us to significantly increase spending for those departments, making sure that the Republic provides the best services to its citizens. With this amended budget we will have an estimated SEN 6 billion deficit, or around 0.98% of our total GDP, a significant improvement over our current SEN 63 billion surplus (11.51% of GDP). Hostus Vindex Minister of Finance |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 7,000,000,000 SEN | 100,000 SEN | 100,000 SEN |
| Foreign Affairs | 4,500,000,000 SEN | 10,000,000,000 SEN | 10,000,000,000 SEN |
| Internal Affairs | 7,000,000,000 SEN | 10,000,000,000 SEN | 10,000,000,000 SEN |
| Finance | 20,000,000,000 SEN | 9,000,000,000 SEN | 9,000,000,000 SEN |
| Defence | 35,500,000,000 SEN | 46,000,000,000 SEN | 46,000,000,000 SEN |
| Justice | 5,000,000,000 SEN | 11,500,000,000 SEN | 21,500,000,000 SEN |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 7,000,000,000 SEN | 15,500,000,000 SEN | 35,000,000,000 SEN |
| Health and Social Services | 15,000,000,000 SEN | 20,900,000,000 SEN | 20,900,000,000 SEN |
| Education and Culture | 10,000,000,000 SEN | 26,000,000,000 SEN | 26,000,000,000 SEN |
| Science and Technology | 25,000,000,000 SEN | 26,000,000,000 SEN | 26,000,000,000 SEN |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,000,000,000 SEN | 11,500,000,000 SEN | 31,500,000,000 SEN |
| Environment and Tourism | 200,000,000 SEN | 11,500,000,000 SEN | 11,500,000,000 SEN |
| Trade and Industry | 10,000,000,000 SEN | 16,000,000,000 SEN | 36,000,000,000 SEN |
| Total | 151,200,000,000 SEN | 213,900,100,000 SEN | 283,400,100,000 SEN |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:35:27, April 06, 2018 CET | From | Clara Aurora - COSIRA | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 4374 |
| Message | We will not put the nation in debt, plus we will not support an increase in Justice to have that momey spent in death penalty. |
| Date | 17:56:57, April 06, 2018 CET | From | Factio Republicana Socialistica | To | Debating the Budget proposal of March 4374 |
| Message | Senators, While the Republican Party and our coalition partners may disagree on the legitimacy of capital punishment, we all agree that no innocent should receive this penalty. Trials where capital punishment is sought are expensive precisely because of the higher burden placed on prosecution in determining the defendant's guilt. Without sufficient justice spending we are likely to see a lot more innocent people sent to the guillotine. And debt at less than 1% of GDP is so laughably low it cannot even be called debt. Most countries' debt to GDP ratio is far far higher. The budget proposed by the Finance Ministry is a poster child of a balanced budget. Hostus Vindex Minister of Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 440 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 310 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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