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Bill: Influence Reduction Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Arab Party of Kafuristan
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 2414
Description[?]:
| We must not allow Artanian and Seleyan nations to influence our affairs. We should be promoting ties with other Arabs, not Northern Exploiters! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:30:45, June 14, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Influence Reduction Act |
| Message | Why perpetuate these arbitrary boundaries between "nations"? |
| Date | 01:27:07, June 15, 2007 CET | From |  National Arab Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Influence Reduction Act |
| Message | Should foreigners sweep in and change our culture, change our lives? We are not their slaves! We are Kafuristanis! We are Arabs! |
| Date | 02:29:42, June 16, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Influence Reduction Act |
| Message | Kafuristan is an arbitrarily drawn up picture on a map while "Arabs" are merely a genetic code similarity. |
| Date | 01:00:27, June 17, 2007 CET | From | National Arab Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Influence Reduction Act |
| Message | You will be tried for the crimes that your party has done. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 223 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 157 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 120 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "If man asks for many laws, it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous." - Will Durant |