Gayles
16-04-2004, 05:38
"The Commonwealth of Gayles Parlement has passed a resolution that will absolve local governments for not enforcing unfunded UN mandates should their local budgets not be able to absorb the costs. For more on this story, we turn to Annan Torpah who is outside the House of Parlement in Gayles City. Torpah?"
"In a 95-4-1 vote, the House of Parlement sent a strong message to provencial governments, local governments, regional partners, and the UN saying "Enough is enough. We do not need more layers of government being forced down the throats of local governments," said Tory party leader Hazan. 'Until there is some accountability at the UN, they cannot expect local and provencial juristictions to carry out their functions to their fullest and still try to comply with UN resolutions. Especially with a shrinking tax pool to draw from.'
"Prime Minister Barak Torvan was the lone abstension in the vote in Parlement. 'I symphasize with the position of Ms. Hazan and the other MPs, but I cannot absolve the federal government's responsibility to the UN and to it's membership agreements,' he said.
"While not saying the government will funnel additional revenue sharing funds to the local governments, he indicated that Parlement will consider a proposal to raise import duties and impost import taxes on goods from UN member states. It is thought this additional revenue would be sent to local and provencial governments to allow them to pay for increased UN resolutions. Fees and taxes from non-UN member states would not be affected under the proposal.
"Lesbiana Provencial Governor Luca Tzerhan lauded the Federal Government stand, saying she will immediatly begin diverting money slated for the enforcement of UN regulations into the provence's education system, saying the increasing costs of the education system make 'prioritizing our budgets and placing a higher value on local needs' her top priority.
"Reporting from Gayles City, this is Annan Torpah for News Television Gayles."
Three Days Later. . .
"Welcome to News Television Gayles, I am Tera Nislan.
"Parlement passed the UN Budget Act of 2004 today, implementing a 15% duty onto all imports from certain UN nations, and raised the duties on certain UN member goods from 2% to 12%. The anticpated revenue generated, amounting to over 600 million Credits annually, will be distrubuted to the Provinces as part of the Revenue Sharing program, with 80% of the taxes and duties earmarked to implementing UN resolutions.
"Speaking on behalf of the Prime Minister, Ministerial Spokesman Garrett Hernandez commented 'It is a sad state of affairs, to increase taxes on imports from UN member nations, but the government can not continue to fund UN programmes without some increase in revenue,' he said. 'It makes logical sense to have those members who are a part of the UN pay for additional UN programmes.'
"Trade Minister Sheila Razaphanic said that the budget Act was selective-allowing her to increase duties on individual countries. 'It is my intention to review the votes of member nations who voted in favour of increasing or creating new UN agencies without appropriating funding for them, and apply the Act to those who voted in favour,' she said in a news conference in front of the Commerce and Trade building in Gayles City.
"Prime Minister Torvan noted today he will ask the Department of Commerce and Trade to be 'as selective as possible' when applying the act. 'I want to ensure that those UN members who are allied with us against these "touchy-feely but no payee" resolutions are not affected.'
"In a 95-4-1 vote, the House of Parlement sent a strong message to provencial governments, local governments, regional partners, and the UN saying "Enough is enough. We do not need more layers of government being forced down the throats of local governments," said Tory party leader Hazan. 'Until there is some accountability at the UN, they cannot expect local and provencial juristictions to carry out their functions to their fullest and still try to comply with UN resolutions. Especially with a shrinking tax pool to draw from.'
"Prime Minister Barak Torvan was the lone abstension in the vote in Parlement. 'I symphasize with the position of Ms. Hazan and the other MPs, but I cannot absolve the federal government's responsibility to the UN and to it's membership agreements,' he said.
"While not saying the government will funnel additional revenue sharing funds to the local governments, he indicated that Parlement will consider a proposal to raise import duties and impost import taxes on goods from UN member states. It is thought this additional revenue would be sent to local and provencial governments to allow them to pay for increased UN resolutions. Fees and taxes from non-UN member states would not be affected under the proposal.
"Lesbiana Provencial Governor Luca Tzerhan lauded the Federal Government stand, saying she will immediatly begin diverting money slated for the enforcement of UN regulations into the provence's education system, saying the increasing costs of the education system make 'prioritizing our budgets and placing a higher value on local needs' her top priority.
"Reporting from Gayles City, this is Annan Torpah for News Television Gayles."
Three Days Later. . .
"Welcome to News Television Gayles, I am Tera Nislan.
"Parlement passed the UN Budget Act of 2004 today, implementing a 15% duty onto all imports from certain UN nations, and raised the duties on certain UN member goods from 2% to 12%. The anticpated revenue generated, amounting to over 600 million Credits annually, will be distrubuted to the Provinces as part of the Revenue Sharing program, with 80% of the taxes and duties earmarked to implementing UN resolutions.
"Speaking on behalf of the Prime Minister, Ministerial Spokesman Garrett Hernandez commented 'It is a sad state of affairs, to increase taxes on imports from UN member nations, but the government can not continue to fund UN programmes without some increase in revenue,' he said. 'It makes logical sense to have those members who are a part of the UN pay for additional UN programmes.'
"Trade Minister Sheila Razaphanic said that the budget Act was selective-allowing her to increase duties on individual countries. 'It is my intention to review the votes of member nations who voted in favour of increasing or creating new UN agencies without appropriating funding for them, and apply the Act to those who voted in favour,' she said in a news conference in front of the Commerce and Trade building in Gayles City.
"Prime Minister Torvan noted today he will ask the Department of Commerce and Trade to be 'as selective as possible' when applying the act. 'I want to ensure that those UN members who are allied with us against these "touchy-feely but no payee" resolutions are not affected.'