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Bill: alternative thinking act
Details
Submitted by[?]: orgonic 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: May 2442
Description[?]:
| we are bored of reading patriot acts, bullshit by founding fathers or presumed to be, repressive proposals in sexual and educational matter |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Current: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:24:58, August 09, 2007 CET | From | Benevolence Party | To | Debating the alternative thinking act |
| Message | The Benevolence Party agrees with all of these articles. |
| Date | 09:07:31, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the alternative thinking act |
| Message | Strongly support 1 and 2. Oppose article 3. Unsure about article 4. I wish parties would not group such different policy areas like contraception and nuclear weapon policy in the same bill. It forces parties to have to support articles they really do not like or vote against proposals they strongly support. |
| Date | 11:59:08, August 12, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the alternative thinking act |
| Message | This is pure bullshit. Although we can't afford nukes, we must retain the legal ability to have them. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 141 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 278 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 82 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else." - Governor Jesse Ventura |