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Bill: IP Great Society 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: December 2387
Description[?]:
| This is an act to ensure that we will be ready for future conflict. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 7
Proposed: 40
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
Old value:: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Current: Prisoners of war must be treated well, according to internationally-accepted standards.
Proposed: Prisoners of war are enslaved.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:01:07, April 10, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | How does this have anything to do with a great society? |
| Date | 00:11:04, April 11, 2007 CET | From | Marxist Peoples Party | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | chemical and biological wepons are nessecary, but nuclear wepons are far too extreme. |
| Date | 03:03:24, April 11, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | I have a dream... it involves nuclear war, and us winning. Actually the nuclear part is a poison pill. |
| Date | 03:16:48, April 11, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | What is this? You do know you're not hurting our ratings with this bill. Bill's like these contain so many different proposals that they rarely shift anyone's ratings any which way. |
| Date | 06:12:15, April 11, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | True, but at the moment, if the game crashes between now and the next election, this bill will pass. |
| Date | 08:40:38, April 11, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | I can support most of these. |
| Date | 17:33:32, April 12, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the IP Great Society Act |
| Message | What? This was not supposed to pass. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 204 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 134 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 263 |
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