Comments for Violence Has Emptied Brazil's Stadiums. Average Attendance Is 20%. at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:05:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5637/1/#pc_2502 This law needs to be amended. It is contradictory and misleading. How can Lawmakers give Brazilians any sense of hope with laws like this? This law allows lawmakers to say one thing and then opt out of any proposed commitment at will. Where is the sense of commitment or responsiblity? How will the Nation know what is real or not real? Lawmakers should think through this again it they want the public to have faith in them. - Guest Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:41:05 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5637/1/#pc_2516 ...always had and still have good ideas. They issue some new laws, new budgets. Their problem is that laws are not applied and voted and accepted budgets are not effectively freed. One thing that is unusual in Brazil and not really well known even from Brazilians is that a voted and accepted budget on a specific program for a specific year, DOESNT MEAN AT AT ALL THAT MONEY WILL BE SPENT....AS NORMALLY EXPECTED...BECAUSE VOTED AND ACCEPTED FOR !!!!!! incredible ? impossible ? wrong ? Here is an extract of the Brazilian Budget Laws : BUDGETARY EXECUTION Brazilian budgets are authorizative, not mandatory. If the law assigns R$ 1,000 to an item of the budget, all it means is that no more than R$ 1,000 may be spent on such item; it does not mean that the R$ 1,000 will be spent; it does not mean that even R$ 1 will be spent. The process by which money is disemboursed to realize the budget is called budgetary execution (in Portuguese, \"execução orçamentária\"). It´s up to the Executive to coordinate the budgetary execution. The Executive controls how much revenue is being collected, and chooses which projects of the Budget will be carried out first. Obviously, some expenditures like personnel and debt service must follow a rigid schedule. The Executive, however, can use the discretion to choose which amendments will be priorized. And it´s a well known fact that the Deputies and Senators who are allies of the government have their amendments easierly approved, notably when the government needs votes to approve some controversial matters. This happened in government FHC, and still happens in government Lula. - Guest Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:36:33 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5637/1/#pc_2508 This is good news. Brazil must take integrated action in all spheres of society to counteract this dreadful culture of violence. As Marcela has said: this will enable Brazil to host all kinds of events which will raise revenue and hopefully help to make this country more prosperous. On the topic of violence...apathy will do Brazil no good whatsoever. What is the matter with these people? - Guest Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:25:24 +0100