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Bill: National Identity and Preparedness Act

Details

Submitted by^[?]: Free Lodamun

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: November 2423

Description^[?]:

This term would be limited to only 6 months immediately after high school or college and people would have the option of any branch of government service. This term is staggered over the year, so as to keep the military at a consistant population level. The only reason the military pays more is hazard pay. This would bolster a sense of national identity, provide on the job experience for young adults coming out of high school or a higher education institution and better prepare our military in the event of an attack. We can muster forces far more quickly with basic being completed early, then a few week refresher in the event of a draft. This is a sensible notion for this nation if one considers the Deltarian Occupation.

Proposals

Article 1

Proposal^[?] to change National service.

Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.

Current: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.

Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date	05:31:07, June 24, 2007 CET
From	United Republics Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	URP believes the benefits - slightly better defence - are outweighed by the huge cost of such a program and the reduction in Lodamun's freedom.

Date	17:18:51, June 24, 2007 CET
From	Communist Party of Lodamun
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	We support.

Date	02:23:26, June 25, 2007 CET
From	Radical Nationalist Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	We support, but would like the term to be 1-2 years.

Date	07:41:51, June 25, 2007 CET
From	Communist Party of Lodamun
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	'We support, but would like the term to be 1-2 years.' 1-2 years are too long. We support 6 months.

Date	08:44:32, June 25, 2007 CET
From	Free Lodamun
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	what's everyone's stance on 6 months?

Date	18:29:20, June 25, 2007 CET
From	New Democratic Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	Since the option is given for "civilian national service," we could support 6 months to 1 year.

Date	18:29:54, June 25, 2007 CET
From	New Democratic Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	Since the option is given for "civilian national service," we could support 6 months to 1 year.

Date	18:34:04, June 25, 2007 CET
From	Radical Nationalist Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	We will agree what ever the term as its better than the current, but we have expressed our prefrence term.

Date	00:32:28, June 27, 2007 CET
From	Free Lodamun
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	Changed to 6 months.

Date	00:34:33, June 27, 2007 CET
From	Democrats
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	There are no benefits here, it doesn't improve our armed forces, it provides no benefit to the concript, and it is a waste of money.

Date	05:50:35, June 27, 2007 CET
From	The Unified Lodamun Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	I'm not really a fan of this anyhow, but six months is a bad idea unless you are going to break that six months up in the calendar year, meaning that you would have half of the graduates do their service immediately upon graduation, and the other half in the second half of the calendor school year. Otherwise our armed forces will be drastically cut come december every year, and any country that wanted to attack us would only have to do so during Christmas to avoid a way with the majority of our armed forces.

Date	12:34:50, June 27, 2007 CET
From	Democrats
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	Generally the draft wouldn't occur at one specific moment each year. When recruits hit a certain age, then they would be drafted.

Date	23:29:02, June 28, 2007 CET
From	New Democratic Party
To	Debating the National Identity and Preparedness Act
Message	Can we put this to a vote?

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