We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Work Force Help
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: November 2366
Description[?]:
| Kids need to join the work force earlier than age 21. If they are going to go to college, they can do so at age 18 and get a better job. But for those who aren't going to college, they need to finish up their education and join the workforce. The older the workforce, the more useless it becomes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The age until which students, if education were to be compulsary, are required to be educated (limited between 16 and 21).
Old value:: 21
Current: 16
Proposed: 18
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 21
Current: 18
Proposed: 18
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:21:55, February 28, 2007 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Work Force Help |
| Message | Education is the key to success in the workforce. By permitting children to leave school early we are short circuiting their future for a short term gain. If we in Malivia wish to compete with with other nations in a global marketplace we must be sure that our citizens have the best educational opportunites available. |
| Date | 05:05:46, February 28, 2007 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Work Force Help |
| Message | We are not permitting them to leave early, but merely speeding up their education. |
| Date | 02:17:58, March 01, 2007 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Work Force Help |
| Message | There is only so much information that can be passed in a year of education. Thus by permitting students to leave school at 18 instead of 21, they are naturally learning less. We see education to be mandatory up to the level of about 2 yrs of college in other nations. These last few years can be devoted more toward different career paths then the earlier education. Those pursuing trades can learn some of the skills needed for their jobs, perhaps a deeper understanding of their job as well as still getting a basic understanding in other fields. Fewer people would be come trapped in jobs due to a decision they made early in life, and our companies will not have a shortage of highly skilled workers. With people living longer entering the workforce at a later age is not a problem. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 151 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: “Where would the weapons and equipment come from once you've banned the defence industry? Will we be defended by all your hippy people hurling potatoes and cabbages?” - Margaret Woodhall, former Dranian politician |