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Bill: IP Demographic Power Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperialist Party
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: August 2387
Description[?]:
| This act seeks to change state policy in order to encourage larger families and greater population growth. A larger population base will enable Telamon to do much more good in the future, and to exert a great deal more muscle abroad. Additionally, welfare policy should be based not just on numbers, but also upon need. Large families have much larger needs that, if not met, we will pay for in the form of crime, of an uneducated populace and so on. Thus, I urge support for this act from both sides of the aisle. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on population control.
Old value:: The government does not engage in population control.
Current: The government does not engage in population control.
Proposed: The government actively promotes population growth.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:25:39, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Marxist Peoples Party | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | While we need to keep our population up, this bill threatens to turn the country into another China. It would also empower socially oppressive religious groups that seek to end birth control. |
| Date | 02:57:57, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | IF you REALLY cared about the poor, you would consider the fact that somebody with 10 kids has a much harder time getting by than somebody with none. Under the status quo large, middle class families may be worse off than poor large families. |
| Date | 02:58:54, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | I'm not so sure about that. The second article seems to suggest that subsidies, etc. would be used to encourage larger families, and since we presently provide free contraceptives in public toilets I don't think there's any danger of ending birth control. On the whole we support a larger Commonwealth, as it will lead to future prosperity and protect our social safety net, especially for seniors. We will support this effort. |
| Date | 15:13:54, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Popular Socialist Front | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | I support 1 but not 2 |
| Date | 23:53:12, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Marxist Peoples Party | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | I don't think that a larger population nessecarily means a stronger nation, it could lead to overcrowding and inflation |
| Date | 08:38:07, April 11, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the IP Demographic Power Act |
| Message | We must spawn! After all, we are the greatest nation in Terra |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 306 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 295 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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