The Second Government of Elizia [NSG Senate, CLOSED]

[Eredion]

What if the retroactive budget were to fail?

Then we go back to elections for President, hurrah!

Great, instability is what this country needs.

[Arkolon]

The Treasury Secretary unveils the Elizia Industrial Pact to the Second Government of Elizia, looking for comments and questions on his proposed economic reforms. He put quite a bit of effort into it so is looking for at least a little bit of feedback.

[Eredion]

So, is the government issuing a official response to Trump. We already had a real life event affecting our roleplay with the South China Sea.

[Ainin]

It is not diplomatically appropriate for a government to comment negatively on another nation's fair and free elections.

[Eredion]

It is not diplomatically appropriate for a government to comment negatively on another nation's fair and free elections.

I was not saying anything about negatively commenting. It is normal to congratulate and offer cooperation on the basis of our values. Case in point, Merkel.

[The Miaphysite Church of Coptic Archism]

The Treasury Secretary unveils the Elizia Industrial Pact to the Second Government of Elizia, looking for comments and questions on his proposed economic reforms. He put quite a bit of effort into it so is looking for at least a little bit of feedback.

I take it that the ideal is springing for plan C in each area? 400 billion Bulats seems like a lot for the government to take on, but to be honest I'd expect that comes down to just how big it sounds rather than any other factor. Overall I'm strongly in favor of the pact. Great work on this.

[Eredion]

The Treasury Secretary unveils the Elizia Industrial Pact to the Second Government of Elizia, looking for comments and questions on his proposed economic reforms. He put quite a bit of effort into it so is looking for at least a little bit of feedback.

What a wonderful piece of work. However I must admit that plan C sounds quite drastic.

[Arkolon]

The Treasury Secretary unveils the Elizia Industrial Pact to the Second Government of Elizia, looking for comments and questions on his proposed economic reforms. He put quite a bit of effort into it so is looking for at least a little bit of feedback.

I take it that the ideal is springing for plan C in each area? 400 billion Bulats seems like a lot for the government to take on, but to be honest I'd expect that comes down to just how big it sounds rather than any other factor. Overall I'm strongly in favor of the pact. Great work on this.

The Treasury Secretary unveils the Elizia Industrial Pact to the Second Government of Elizia, looking for comments and questions on his proposed economic reforms. He put quite a bit of effort into it so is looking for at least a little bit of feedback.

What a wonderful piece of work. However I must admit that plan C sounds quite drastic.

Thanks! Looking at it I'm seeing the paper as being deliberately hopeful, trying to show its benefits before any attempts at compromise or watering the reform down. If I keep government revenues rising with wages (which isn't generally true and isn't what I did in the Effects bit in the document), the 400bn debt relief option peaks GDP at 40% over the November 2016 figure by November 2017, while unemployment falls to 5%. However, with the 225bn debt relief option, GDP peaks at 25% over the November 2016 figure by September 2017 (these "by.." dates meaning when the reforms stop having a meaningful impact), and unemployment falls to 11.5%. This difference is because a larger surplus means a greater amounts of private investment over private savings meaning more employment - larger surplus because govt income is linked to wage increases and isn't fixed)

It does sound drastic, but I think it's affordable. Although both plans would have similar impacts on the short run (growth at 5%-3%-3% over the next three months under plan B, 6%-4%-4% under plan C), so it's just a matter of what would go down better in the Chamber.

Actually, I don't even know if this would have to go to the Senate, since the President could in theory execute the debt relief scheme on his own, while the investment increase comes in the next budget, but the tax rates would have to go through the Senate. What do you guys reckon?

[The Miaphysite Church of Coptic Archism]

I think if we're going to do it, we might as well do it right. Plan C is definitely the way to go, again fantastic work on the whole pact. I'd support going the route of the president handling the debt relief scheme and the budget handling the investment, while only the tax reform goes through the senate. If that's the way we agree to do it, I'll put the following legislation out for sponsorships, etc.

Amendment to the Government Tax Revenue Act
Author: The Hon. Suria Bin Suuha, Secretary of State for International Trade (ENC)
Sponsors:

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An Act of the Federal Parliament to make provision for an increased government surplus in Elizia through taxation.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Head of the State, by and with the counsel of the Government, and the authority of the Federal Parliament by virtue of the powers placed upon it by the Law, as follows:

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§1 – Personal Income Tax:
Section 1, subsection a, of the Government Tax Revenue Act shall be amended as follows.

1. "All taxable income above $4,000 per annum shall be taxed at: 47.5%" shall be struck from the bill.
2. "All taxable income above $4,000 per annum shall be taxed at: 57.5%" shall replace the struck line.

§2 – Unearned Income Tax:
Section 3, subsection a, of the Government Tax Revenue Act shall be amended as follows.

1. "Unearned income above $5,000 per annum shall be taxed at: 45%" shall be struck from the bill.
2. "Unearned income above $5,000 per annum shall be taxed at: 60%" shall replace the struck line.

[The New World Oceania]

Will have an agriculture bill up this weekend.

[Ainin]

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Standard Measurements Act
| Author: The Hon. Samantha Chow (SEP), Secretary of Public Services |
| Sponsor: Government |

An Act to standardise and rationalise units of measurement in commerce, research and education; to ratify the Metre Convention; to join the International Organisation for Standardisation; and for connected purposes.

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Definitions

• Net weight: Weight of the usable portion of a product, i.e., without its packaging or ballast.
• Net volume: Aqueous volume of the liquid good.
• Dry good: Any tangible object whose primary usable state is not aqueous.
• Liquid good: Any tangible object whose primary usable state is aqueous.
• Person: Any entity with legal standing to sue and enter into binding contracts, namely actual persons, corporations, other incorporated organisations and governments.

§1 - Elizian Standards Institute

1. An Elizian Standards Institute (Institute) shall exist under the Public Services Office to standardise the products, services and measurements in use in the Elizian Federation.
2. The Institute shall be led by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Public Services and who serves at the Secretary's pleasure.
3. The Institute shall work with Elizian and international industry and scientific bodies to derive and establish standards for the quality and certification of products, services, technologies, and systems, and to oversee the implementation of standardised measurements in Elizia.
4. Any standard to become law must first be scheduled under this Act as an addendum by the Secretary of Public Services. The Secretary shall have the authority to issue secondary legislation to add or remove addenda to this Act enumerating standards laid out by the Institute.
5. Standards shall either be scheduled as voluntary or compulsory. Compulsory standards shall have the force of law throughout the Elizian Federation.

§2 - Ratification of the Metre Convention and the articles of the International Organisation for Standardisation

1. The Parliament of Elizia hereby ratifies the Metre Convention and all existing extensions and addendums thereof.
2. The President of the Elizian Federation is hereby directed to sign the Metre Convention at the earliest convenience.
3. The Foreign Secretary shall at the earliest convenience submit notice of accession to the Metre Convention to the government of the French Republic.
4. The Parliament of Elizia hereby ratifies all necessary bylaws and approves necessary spending for the ascension of the Elizian Federation to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) as a voting member.
5. The Elizian Federation shall be represented at the ISO by the Elizian Standards Institute in right of the Public Services Office.

§3 - Official recognition of the International System of Units

1. The International System of Units (SI) is hereby recognised as the official system of measurement in the Federation of Elizia, to the exclusion of all others.
2. The International System of Units shall be held to constitute the following SI base units, and all metric derivatives thereof—
   a. The metre (m),
   b. The kilogramme (kg),
   c. The second (s),
   d. The ampere (A),
   e. The kelvin (K),
   f. The mole (mol),
   g. The candela (cd).
3. The Secretary of Public Services shall have final determination on what constitutes a metric derivative of an SI base unit, insofar as no United States customary unit or Imperial unit is recognised as a metric derivative.
4. The degree celsius (°C) shall be recognised as a non-SI metric base unit of temperature.

§4 - Compulsory adoption

1. The federal civil service shall be barred from using non-SI units in official publications from 30 November 2016 onwards. Employees of the Public Services Office involved in aerospace or maritime fields are exempt.
2. All schools and other educational institutions in Elizia must adopt the International System of Units as the primary system of measurement taught to students from 1 March 2017 onwards. Usage of customary units in primary and secondary education must cease by 31 December 2017.
3. All packaged dry goods retailed to consumers within the Federation of Elizia must have their net weight clearly and prominently displayed on the exterior of the packaging in kilogrammes or a metric derivative thereof.
4. All roadside signalisation in Elizia must be exclusively marked in SI units or metric derivatives thereof by 1 January 2018.
5. All packaged liquids retailed to consumers within the Federation of Elizia must have their net volume clearly and prominently displayed on the exterior of the packaging in litres or a metric derivative thereof.
6. Any foodstuff imported into the Elizian Federation must be labelled according to the rules enumerated in this section.

§5 - Enforcement

1. Whoever retails or distributes an improperly-labelled good in violation of sub-sections 4e and 4f of this Act is liable for an administrative offence and shall be fined up to US$500.
2. Whoever is in dereliction of a compulsory standard as laid out in section 1 of this Act is liable for an administrative offence and shall be fined up to US$1,500.
3. Legal and actual persons may be held liable for Section 5 offences by the Department of Justice Civil Law Division.
4. Failure by civil servants to imlement sub-section 4a of this Act shall constitute a sub-sub-section 3b(i) violation of the Federal Civil Service Act.

§6 - Entry into force

1. This act shall come into effect upon the moment of its promulgation by the respective authority.
2. This act may be cited by the short title of "Standard Measurements Act (2016)".

[Coconut Isle]

bump

[The New World Oceania]

Bump, someone should archive this. See new government thread.