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Bill: Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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: September 2353
Description[?]:
| The Presbyterian Unionists propose to adjust the government's spending budget to better address the economic and social situation of the Holy Luthori Empire. As the Ministry of Defence has taken responsibility for Justice it should clearly benefit from the former Justice Ministry's budget. With the above spending proposals there will be no need for the Education and Health Departments to waste any treasury funds. Further tax cuts can follow, for the benefit of all Citizens, once we stop pouring the money of hard working tax payers away. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is entirely private.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Article 6
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 200,000,000 LPD | 300,000,000 LPD | 300,000,000 LPD |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,500,000,000 LPD | 1,500,000,000 LPD | 1,500,000,000 LPD |
| Internal Affairs | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 5,000,000,000 LPD | 5,000,000,000 LPD |
| Finance | 1,000,000,000 LPD | 1,500,000,000 LPD | 1,500,000,000 LPD |
| Defence | 17,000,000,000 LPD | 31,000,000,000 LPD | 37,000,000,000 LPD |
| Justice | 6,500,000,000 LPD | 6,000,000,000 LPD | 0 LPD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 12,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD |
| Health and Social Services | 30,000,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 0 LPD |
| Education and Culture | 13,500,000,000 LPD | 10,000,000,000 LPD | 0 LPD |
| Science and Technology | 3,500,000,000 LPD | 2,300,000,000 LPD | 2,300,000,000 LPD |
| Food and Agriculture | 3,500,000,000 LPD | 4,500,000,000 LPD | 4,500,000,000 LPD |
| Environment and Tourism | 3,000,000,000 LPD | 3,000,000,000 LPD | 3,000,000,000 LPD |
| Trade and Industry | 3,500,000,000 LPD | 7,000,000,000 LPD | 7,000,000,000 LPD |
| Total | 106,200,000,000 LPD | 92,100,000,000 LPD | 72,100,000,000 LPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:58:16, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Spiritualists' National Union | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | We could not be more opposed to this Bill. |
| Date | 12:43:23, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Justicial Party - Solidarity | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | This is ridiculous. Cut all funding to health, justice and education, vital mainstays of any developed society, while raising military spending yet again? Very poorly thought-out motion. |
| Date | 04:44:36, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | How can you justify spending the hard earned money of tax payers on a "Justice Ministry" when the MOD is responsible for policing and on Departments overseing the completely private and self-sufficient Health and Education sectors? |
| Date | 13:34:57, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Justicial Party - Solidarity | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | Defence at 37 billion and health and education at 0 makes no sense in any developed nation. Basically, what you want is a nation of poorly educated, physically ill soldiers armed to the teeth and preparing for a war which has yet to happen. |
| Date | 16:16:58, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | That would be true if we didn't have private education and healthcare and weren't fighting crusades in Agathion and Majatra. Besides the healthcare of HM Armed Forces is part of the Defence Budget. |
| Date | 17:51:32, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Budget proposal and spending review of May 2352 |
| Message | The parties against this are clearly anti defence, and against the well being of the Holy Empire. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 65 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |