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Bill: The Act of Privitization and Liberty
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldegar Freedom 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 2393
Description[?]:
| Several changes have been made by communist parties in this nation recently that the TCP party believe should not have been passed. Therefore, the TCP suggests several pieces of legislation essentially restoring things to the way they were before this communist tyrade, but many of the articles within this bill have gone further, so as to actually improve upon the previous policies in regards to the various fields concerned. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Current: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National policy regarding the desecration of the national flag.
Old value:: There are no regulations regarding the desecration or use of the national flag.
Current: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Proposed: The national flag may not be desecrated or dishonoured.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are only made to sing the national anthem on special occasions.
Current: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are made to sing the national anthem at the commencement of school each day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:19:03, April 21, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | Thank God you arrived back here. Unfortunately, it wasn't in time to stop all that legislation from being passed. Anyway, we support everything but article 3. We would prefer a public system to be maintained. |
| Date | 07:07:17, April 21, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Liberty Party | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | We're not keen on articles 4 and 6 and see those as steps back in the concept of liberty. However, the damage done by recent lefists changes must be undone and so we'll support this bill and create seperate legislation to try and make changes we feel are needed. |
| Date | 12:11:07, April 21, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | This is pathetic and indicates true immaturity. If parties cannot be bothered to vote, then they shouldn't whinge about it afterwards. |
| Date | 15:30:16, April 21, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | As you can see, we are electing to have early elections to ensure that the people can show their feelings about the law changes before you can tell them what to think. |
| Date | 18:02:19, April 21, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | Ha, more like this bill makes it so the true feelings of the legislature are expressed. |
| Date | 04:14:23, April 22, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | Hurry up and pass this as soon as possible. Even though we have our reservations, we have the necesary support, and we need to reverse the communist regression as soon as possible. |
| Date | 07:49:43, April 23, 2007 CET | From | Somasi Nationalist Party (SNP) | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | This bill contains a few extremely nationalistic elements which the SNP opposes as part of the cornerstone of its platform. We strongly object to this bill. |
| Date | 13:32:51, April 23, 2007 CET | From | S.C.A.F.R. | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | This is simply crazy. |
| Date | 23:12:14, April 23, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the The Act of Privitization and Liberty |
| Message | I imagine the losers of elections always believe that their opponents, the rightful winners, are crazy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 350 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 300 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority." - John Dalberg-Acton |