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Bill: Education Now!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Workers 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: May 2088
Description[?]:
| This and the previous government's education policies are breeding a nation of dunces. Even the capitalist must see this is not a good thing, thats why I am proposing we institute a top class free public education system. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:03:45, July 28, 2005 CET | From |  Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | Not until we have enough tax revenue to pay for it. |
| Date | 15:19:47, July 28, 2005 CET | From | Jesters & Jugglers Party | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | common sense agrees that we need a public education system so there can be compitition with private schools |
| Date | 16:48:01, July 28, 2005 CET | From | Primus Inter Pares | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | The Keynesian Party agrees that there should be a public schooling as long as the private schools are allowed. Although Society of Sadists has a point with the taxes. But education is very important. |
| Date | 01:02:34, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Communist Workers Party | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | This was put back to debate as it clashed with the elections |
| Date | 01:03:21, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Communist Workers Party | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | "Not until we have enough tax revenue to pay for it." - SoS Then why did you vote to decrease corporation tax? |
| Date | 01:19:53, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | public schools are unnecesary, while everyone wanting receives education. |
| Date | 15:47:10, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Society of Sadists | To | Debating the Education Now! |
| Message | We want the best economy in the world. Not to be a basketcase. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 36 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 64 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In Culturally Protected nations, it is the responsibility of players to ensure the candidate boxes on their Party Overview screens are filled in with appropriate names. If a player is allotted seats in a Cabinet bill and has not filled in names for the relevant candidate position, then the program will automatically fill in the positions with names which might not necessarily be appropriate for the Cultural Protocols. |
| Random quote: "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." - Aristotle |