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Bill: Voluntary Education Act 2360
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militant Libertarian Front
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2361
Description[?]:
| It is for parents to make decisions on a child's education, not the state. The last thing this country needs is government poison in children's minds. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:19:51, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Pensioners' Party | To | Debating the Voluntary Education Act 2360 |
| Message | Every child deserves a chance, but a child will not have a fair chance if he or she does not get a good education. Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
| Date | 22:17:05, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Voluntary Education Act 2360 |
| Message | Paying for snotty nosed little bastards who disrupt the class and don't want to be there to get an education prevents others from getting a better education. |
| Date | 01:32:45, February 17, 2007 CET | From |  Fair Capitalism Party | To | Debating the Voluntary Education Act 2360 |
| Message | Children can't decide whether to go to school or not, and they will suffer the consequences later if their parents don't care enough about them to send them there. |
| Date | 01:58:26, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Militant Libertarian Front | To | Debating the Voluntary Education Act 2360 |
| Message | perhaps their parents care enough to not send them there. You assume that a school is desireable....the Third Reich proves that is not so. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 310 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
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