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Bill: Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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: September 2441
Description[?]:
This bill simply asserts that if criminals in this nation break out laws, then they must WORK instead of watch "cable TV" in a jail cell. Thank you for your full support!!! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:38:47, August 08, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | Forced labor by prisoners is, by definition, slave labor. In addition to being morally objectionable, we find this measure to be anti-free market. |
| Date | 20:44:15, August 08, 2007 CET | From | Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | Why is the same party proposing this bill also proposing an Anti-SLAVERY bill at the same time? This does not compute. |
| Date | 21:31:26, August 08, 2007 CET | From | Vox Popularis Imperator | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | Slavery is slavery, no matter the disguise. |
| Date | 02:56:22, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Vaguely-Remembered Party | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | will you give this stupid bill up already?!?! |
| Date | 07:03:54, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, ***EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT for a CRIME*** whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the [Commonwealth of Rutania], or any place subject to their jurisdiction." ---13th Amendment to the Constitution that ABOLISHED Slavery--- Forced labor by prisoners is NOT slave labor b/c they owe a DEBT to society. That is why I specifically said in the abolition of the military draft bill that PRISONERS can be drafted. However, it is only constituted as "slavery" when te CIVILIAN population is subjected to it. |
| Date | 13:28:28, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Quellist Party | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | This is slave labour, and we would rather see the current system maintained. |
| Date | 13:29:06, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Quellist Party | To | Debating the Do the CRIME; Do the WORK Act!!! |
| Message | Also, the constitution you refer to was one of the last on Earth to abolish slavery. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 259 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 491 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics." - W. D. Whitney |