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Bill: Military Service Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lodamun Autonomous Republican 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: November 2439
Description[?]:
| The current system of compulsory service is laudable in its aim of defending our fine country, but misguided in its method. Rather than forcing citizens to serve, it should instead become a professional, high-tech force with heavy incentives to attract the best men and women. This heavy-handed law imposes upon the rights of our citizens and creates needless beauracratic waste in the army. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: 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.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:06:47, August 02, 2007 CET | From | New Conservative Left | To | Debating the Military Service Reform Act |
| Message | There are many benefits to having a mandatory service initiative, however. All forms of national service can serve as a melting pot of our country's vast regions and cultures. Fellow servicemembers will learn perspectives they otherwise might not have known. Additionally, these service initiatives are beneficial to national unity. Rather than separate all citizens by factional pride, this national service initiative blends all citizens of different religions, races, hometowns, and cultures to work toward a common goal: the greater good of Lodamun. A vote for this bill is a vote against this country, as far as the NCL sees it. |
| Date | 20:44:22, August 04, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Autonomous Republican Party | To | Debating the Military Service Reform Act |
| Message | Your argument may have some merit, but citizens should(and, if given the chance, will) work towards these goals togther, outside of forced military service. Criminals often share cross-cultural bonds, but we do not encourage everyone to become a criminal for this reason. Forced military service is analogous; an iimmoral practice with good side effects. |
| Date | 02:07:28, August 05, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Military Service Reform Act |
| Message | While we disagree with the current law, we cannot support the new law. No adults upon completion of schooling should ever be required to serve in the military IN PEACETIME. It takes time away from the other things they could be doing to benefit society, and thus makes Lodamun's economy less productive. However, in a TIME OF WAR, we believe it should be every adult citizen's duty that is of proper age and health to take up arms and defend his/her country. It is a civic duty during wartime to serve in the military just as it is a civic duty to report for jury duty. |
| Date | 21:31:11, August 05, 2007 CET | From | National Moral Front | To | Debating the Military Service Reform Act |
| Message | We believe the values learned in the army, the long-standing tradition of our fathers and forefathers, are right for the young men of Lodamun. To remove the institution in place would cast a blow to the nation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 158 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 339 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 102 |
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