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Bill: Free Will in Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Industrialist Party of Aloria
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: July 2430
Description[?]:
| This bill will promote free will and competitiveness in education. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is entirely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:42:05, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | This will keep free thinking "square pegs" from being forced into a "circle hole", and will let people choose whether they are educated or not. |
| Date | 04:32:23, July 17, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | Remove Article II. MLP will vote yes on Article I. |
| Date | 06:49:20, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Party Royale | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | All this will do is encourage parents to pull their children out of school at an early age so they can work and bring short-term economic gain to their family, without recognizing the detrimental effects that a lack of education will have on their future earnings. |
| Date | 06:53:57, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | Or maybe people are smarter than you give them credit for? |
| Date | 16:42:09, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | CP, it's not necessarily about how smart people are. Sometimes short term financial circumstances pressure people into sacrificing long term goods for short term essentials. When the family having trouble making ends meet, and both parents are already working, it might seem rational to pull junior out of school to fill in the gap. It might even seem like the only option. DR respectfully votes no. |
| Date | 18:08:40, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | Or maybe people aren't so short sighted. You portray the citizens as a kind of idiotic mess that needs every little thing done for them/ handed to them. Just so you know, they aren't. They can take care of themselves and make decisions,and it is none of our business whether junior goes to work or goes to school either. Maybe on-the-job training is better than school for him? People learn in different ways. If yo think everyone learns at a school or being home schooled best you are direly mistaken. Some people have it in their be interest to go to work early and learn the family trade, etc. |
| Date | 23:19:00, July 17, 2007 CET | From | Party Royale | To | Debating the Free Will in Education Act |
| Message | It may be in their short term interest to get a job, but in the long run, without an education, they will make far less money and contribute far less to the Alorian economy then they would have otherwise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 261 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 214 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 97 |
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