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Bill: 'Trimming of the Pork' Budget June 2206
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Conservative 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: June 2207
Description[?]:
| The One Nation Conservative Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Republic of Pontesi. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 12,000,000,000 PON | 220,000,000 PON | 60,000,000 PON |
| Foreign Affairs | 28,000,000,000 PON | 1,150,000,000 PON | 1,150,000,000 PON |
| Internal Affairs | 350,000,000,000 PON | 35,000,000,000 PON | 35,000,000,000 PON |
| Finance | 50,000,000,000 PON | 2,700,000,000 PON | 2,700,000,000 PON |
| Defence | 90,000,000,000 PON | 88,000,000,000 PON | 88,000,000,000 PON |
| Justice | 0 PON | 34,000,000,000 PON | 34,000,000,000 PON |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 100,000,000,000 PON | 36,500,000,000 PON | 20,000,000,000 PON |
| Health and Social Services | 0 PON | 3,900,000,000 PON | 1,600,000,000 PON |
| Education and Culture | 0 PON | 3,900,000,000 PON | 2,400,000,000 PON |
| Science and Technology | 80,000,000,000 PON | 30,000,000,000 PON | 30,000,000,000 PON |
| Food and Agriculture | 0 PON | 300,000,000 PON | 250,000,000 PON |
| Environment and Tourism | 0 PON | 2,400,000,000 PON | 2,000,000,000 PON |
| Trade and Industry | 60,000,000,000 PON | 1,400,000,000 PON | 1,100,000,000 PON |
| Total | 770,000,000,000 PON | 239,470,000,000 PON | 218,260,000,000 PON |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:46:53, March 28, 2006 CET | From |  One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the 'Trimming of the Pork' Budget June 2206 |
| Message | A budget to reflect devolution and privitisation of public services. |
| Date | 16:05:00, March 28, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the 'Trimming of the Pork' Budget June 2206 |
| Message | Sadly, it still spends more than the proposed taxation plan will give us. Cuts will have to be more drastic. |
| Date | 16:06:51, March 28, 2006 CET | From | Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the 'Trimming of the Pork' Budget June 2206 |
| Message | The Bastards have rechecked the budget page and remembered corporation tax and other sources of income. We will support this, and apologise for our brief moment of stupidity. |
| Date | 18:52:42, March 28, 2006 CET | From | Fight For Your Right To Party | To | Debating the 'Trimming of the Pork' Budget June 2206 |
| Message | We can't support cutbacks in health and social, and we intend to re-nationalise stuff as soon as we possibly can. Therefore, we are forced to vote against this one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 139 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 63 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 71 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society." - Franklin D. Roosevelt |