NE4: July-October Northeast Budget FY2014 (On Governor's Desk)

[Talleyrand]

This Speaker is currently just the last budget passed by the Assembly, and is here as a baseline so we can amend it to account for bills passed since it was implemented and find other places to pump money into.

Continually running a surplus could be potentially problematic in the future. Is there anything that we can bump up the funding for here?

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=191575.0

We will need to increase spending in public safety by $2 billion to account for this bill. Other than that, we'd probably need to introduce some more bills to chip into it a bit more. A broader anti-homelessness initiative than the one we currently have, perhaps?

[Talleyrand]

Ok.

1. We'll need to change the budget to account for the income tax change Dallasfan pointed out in this thread. I thought I had changed it when Deus pointed out the same thing in the legislation introduction thread, but apparently I missed it.

2. Do you guys think $1 billion this trimester would be sufficient for the time being to fund the "Check on Power" act?

[Talleyrand]

GM Napoleon has informed me we will be getting some numbers on this ASAP.

[Talleyrand]

Thank you Napoleon for the revenue figures.

In addition to some additional spending on the "Check on Power" act and homelessness (which would be supplemented by a grant from the federal government), why not include a small tax rebate?

[Talleyrand]

Taxation for that income bracket has been abolished.

[Talleyrand]

We need to sort out a few things first though.

1. How much is the new Homelessness bill going to cost us?

2. Are we all okay with $1 billion for the Check on Power Act?

[Talleyrand]

The purchasing of taxpayer funded sports stadiums stipulated by the End Sports Stadium Corporate Welfare act will probably cost us a significant amount of money. I've asked GM Napoleon for a cost estimate.

[Talleyrand]

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I propose the following amendment. It accounts for the increased revenue, additional $1 billion for public safety, and additional $2.236 billion for economic development. Overall, our surplus changes very little. Due to that situation and the generally good state of the regional economy, I agree with Dallasfan, and will not accept $1 billion from the federal government for funding our homelessness initiative.

[Talleyrand]

Can we bring the updated budget to a vote?

[Talleyrand]

I thought we had abolished the lower income bracket, and left that one intact.

As for the disaster relief fund, is it still possible to remove that line?