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Bill: Environmental Moderation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Maroon Party
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: April 2094
Description[?]:
| Our current policies are ridiculous. The cost of enforcing our highly restrictive pollution laws far exceed any benefit we can gain from them. We propose reducing them to a more moderate level, where the benefits from a cleaner environment are in line with the costs of bigger government and a slower economy. The same goes for recycling. If we have to force people to recycle, that means that the costs of recycling are far higher than the benefit--and this can actually be damaging to the environment, since more resources are used in recycling than would be used if we just produced a new product. The environment is an externality--tax and subsidize, don't abolish. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 51 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 2 |
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