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Bill: Budget proposal of February 2342
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Coalition of the Willing
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: October 2342
Description[?]:
| The Likaton Independent Thought Party propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Free Republic of Likatonia. We propose slashing the massive inflation and inefficiency that has plagued government departments since the tax cuts (http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=95101) and spending hikes(http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=93825) proposed by our previous Finance Minister. The Average citizen earns around 20,000LIK, and even captains of industry only see salaries in the low 40,000 range. In conjunction with our new, lower taxatin policy (http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=96976), we hope to bring an end to the socialist vote-grabbing policies of our predecessors. |
Proposals
Article 1
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 8,468,962 LIK | 25,000,000 LIK | 1,500,000 LIK |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,117,240,580 LIK | 500,000,000 LIK | 150,000,000 LIK |
| Internal Affairs | 7,622,066,087 LIK | 9,500,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Finance | 4,234,481,159 LIK | 100,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Defence | 12,703,443,478 LIK | 22,500,000,000 LIK | 8,000,000,000 LIK |
| Justice | 5,928,273,623 LIK | 8,000,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 9,315,858,550 LIK | 13,500,000,000 LIK | 2,500,000,000 LIK |
| Health and Social Services | 11,856,547,246 LIK | 17,250,000,000 LIK | 10,000,000,000 LIK |
| Education and Culture | 8,468,962,319 LIK | 18,000,000,000 LIK | 10,000,000,000 LIK |
| Science and Technology | 6,775,169,855 LIK | 11,000,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Food and Agriculture | 5,081,377,391 LIK | 200,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Environment and Tourism | 4,657,929,275 LIK | 1,000,000,000 LIK | 25,000,000 LIK |
| Trade and Industry | 5,919,804,661 LIK | 300,000,000 LIK | 75,000,000 LIK |
| Total | 84,689,623,186 LIK | 101,875,000,000 LIK | 31,126,500,000 LIK |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:37:09, January 09, 2007 CET | From | Permissive Social Union | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2342 |
| Message | Cuts in defence.. yes yes! |
| Date | 00:02:26, January 10, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2342 |
| Message | We cannot support this proposal, despite our understanding that the tax cuts that we have just assured passage of withm our votes will require major spending cuts; due to the fact that the cuts in internal affairs and justice are so huge that we will not be able to deter crime. We would actually be willing to see 2 billion in further cuts in the "left" areas we tend to support, health and social services as well as education and culture, with those two billion added, 1 billion each, to internal affairs and justice (the police and court/penal system). If the LITP proposes a budget that will do that, or otherwise gives reasonable funding to those two departments without massive slashes elsewhere, we will vote yes in recognition that the LITP's proposed budget would then be the best we would be likely to see. |
| Date | 01:52:48, January 10, 2007 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2342 |
| Message | If the PLPL would support this budget, we would happily open a dialogue for modification in the immediate future. As it is, we need to close the deficit hole that our good friends in the AMRLP pointed out had been created by previous governments. |
| Date | 02:32:44, January 10, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Budget proposal of February 2342 |
| Message | While we would point out that the previous deficit hole was not there until the corporate tax was repealed, we will vote for this budget with such a dialogue open as to funding for police and justice. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 113 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 86 |
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