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Bill: Elevation of the people
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union for Social Justice
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: March 2432
Description[?]:
| A bill to give our citizens more acces to sport, culture and educational materials, but it leaves the provision as much as possible to civil society to prevent the possibility or even the appearance, of government censorship. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Current: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Current: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Proposed: The government gives monetary grants to organizations which have established or are looking to establish museums.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:57:52, July 18, 2007 CET | From |  Hebilon Mujahideen | To | Debating the Elevation of the people |
| Message | Of course- we provide the people with "information" and "education", then later on we can deal with the free press. We would prefer to do it all at once, but we'll support this slow movement. |
| Date | 17:01:01, July 18, 2007 CET | From | Reform Party | To | Debating the Elevation of the people |
| Message | We prefer stronger policies for articles 3 and 4, and we like the status quo on articles 1, 2, and 5. However, there is the possibility of being convinced to vote for this if the arguments are good. |
| Date | 04:46:14, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Future Party | To | Debating the Elevation of the people |
| Message | THe SDF supports Article 5. We believe it is good that these decision can be made at a local level. We also support articles 1, 2, and 3. However, we are in agreement with the Reform Party in that we would like reform to go further on Article 4. |
| Date | 11:19:11, July 19, 2007 CET | From | Union for Social Justice | To | Debating the Elevation of the people |
| Message | Article 5 has been taken out because it is already part of the omnibus reform act. Regarding articles 1 and 2. The radio and television programs provided by the market tend to service the lowest common denominator. The market is great at regulating efficiency, but not always quality. Therefor we can enrich the programs our citizens can watch by these measures. Article 3: Libaries are good for many reasons. Mainly because in the status quo you have to buy a book if you want to read it, or know someone who owns it. If there are libaries people will sooner just try a book. So it is a very good and efficiency improving service we can provide to our citizens. I think the measure as now proposed is as far as funding is concerned as strong as if the national government would maintain the libaries, but we think local government is closer to the people and therefor better capable of deciding on the sort of services provided by the library. Article 4: Similar to the other articles. If left to the market there will be a suboptimal amount of museums. The national government could maintain the museums, but we think it is better if the government does not decide what kind of museums there should be and what their exibitions should be. It is better to leave it up to civil society. If a group of people is willing to put in some of their own time and money it is likely to be an interesting museum for a large group of people. So we will fund such projects, within measure ofcourse. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 292 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 133 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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