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Bill: National Lottery Act 2445
Details
Submitted by[?]: Al'Badara Republican Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2445
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes the creation of a national lottery which will be held monthly throughout the republic. The excess revenue that is generated by the lottery will be placed in a general fund which will be used to: 1.maintain the national lottery office and prizes. 2.improve the general infrastructure, health services, and educational facilities of the republic. The lottery will be regulated by the Ministry of Finance, who will appoint a lottery commisioner to oversee the administration of the lottery from the capital. The lottery commissioner will serve a one-year term and must be reappointed to continue in that position by the Ministry of Finance. In addition to the lottery commissioner, local lottery representatives will be appointed by the local government of each region to oversee the local administration of the lottery. These representaives will answer to the lottery commissioner and will also serve a one-year term and face annual reappointment by the local governments. Copied from the previous proposal from 3rd of October Party in 2358 We in ACAP support such a measure |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:56:57, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | Go for it. |
| Date | 04:40:32, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | Lotteries are scams, preying on those who need the money most, and we at the partnership will not stand for it. If we are in such desperate need of funds, the rich or the corporations will provide. We need to think for each and every one of our citizens. |
| Date | 04:44:20, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Al'Badara Republican Party | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | We believe that lotteries would help insert more money into our budget to afford several services. |
| Date | 05:38:00, August 21, 2007 CET | From | People's Communist Party | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | Lotteries essentially work by taking from the many and giving to the few. This is a premise that we cannot support. |
| Date | 05:40:08, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | The partnership understands your line of thinking, and we praise your efforts as honourable, but we feel this is not the right approach. |
| Date | 05:44:05, August 21, 2007 CET | From | People's Communist Party | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | We agree with the assessment of the FEP. Our tax system presently ensures adequate funding for governmental activities, and we see no reason why a lottery would do anything other than threaten to undermine the basis of the economic equality we are so privileged to enjoy in Al'Badara. |
| Date | 15:49:14, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | A lottery takes very little money from few. This isn't wholesale oppression, this is allowing for government programs to be funded easily. It's essentially taxation with a potential prize winner. Furthermore, lottery programs often grow larger then government welfare programs simply due to the way society participates in them. |
| Date | 18:36:46, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Feathercreek Ecological Partnership | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | Who are those few? Sure, they have a choice on the purchase, but you don't see millionaires buying many lottery tickets. Seems a bit like a reverse Peter Pan, or Dennis Moore if you will. |
| Date | 03:32:53, August 22, 2007 CET | From | Enlightened Cosmic Brotherhood | To | Debating the National Lottery Act 2445 |
| Message | There really aren't millionaires in Al'Badara. And the few that are here are taxed highly. So you could say they're buying plenty of losing lottery tickets. This is voulentary taxation, pure and simple. Don't want to lose money, don't buy a ticket. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 25 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 55 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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