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Bill: Feeding off Misery
Details
Submitted by[?]: HaLeumit Tikvah
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: March 2454
Description[?]:
| "Gambling, as a game between friends, is no business of the Government. However, companies that feed of the addiction and compulsion of some of our most unfortunate citizens are immoral and socially unjust. Allowing this would be neglecting our juties as a government." -Av Beit Din David Frankin |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: Gambling is illegal unless taking place in a licensed casino.
Proposed: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:47:46, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Civil Liberty Persecution Complex Party | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | We can not agree to this banning of casinos, they boost the economy as well as increase prestige. In addition to which people should be allowed to do with their money what they wish, whether with friends or with businesses and gambling is no different.. |
| Date | 15:11:51, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Am Echad, Pays Libre | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | "Can you just Shut Up for once you big jerk face!" --Child of John Heggee the chairman of the CZP |
| Date | 15:27:23, September 08, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | "I can understand the position of the CLPCP, but I feel deeply uneasy about the complete lack of regulation of something that leads to addiction and destruction of lives. I hope that some sort of compromise can be reached between all parties, whereby we can control this scourge while minimising impact on the economy." -Av Beit Din David Frankin |
| Date | 16:04:46, September 08, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Voice of Reason Party | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | Isn't it possible to switch it to this option instead? "Gambling is illegal unless taking place in a licensed casino." That would certainly bring more parties on board. |
| Date | 22:06:01, September 08, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | "The problem with that is it outlaws gambling between friends in their own homes, which we really don't have a problem with; its the casinos, which, in order to make extra profit, create and exploits gambling addicts. Would the MVP be prepared to support legal gambling in private homes and specially licensed casinos?" -Av Beit Din David Frankin |
| Date | 17:22:15, September 10, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | "Since we have heard no word back form any of the liberal parties about views on the proposed change, we will put this bill to vote as it is. It is disapointing that compromise between the different factions in the Sanhedrin has, once again, failed." -Av Beit Din David Frankin |
| Date | 20:40:33, September 10, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Voice of Reason Party | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | If the offer still stands we will support that. This bill ,as it is now, we can not support. |
| Date | 00:36:24, September 11, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | "I'm afraid now that the bill has proceeded to voting no ammendamat is possible." |
| Date | 04:09:57, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Robotic Anarcho Syndicalistic Party | To | Debating the Feeding off Misery |
| Message | We do not wish to see our people loose their rights to use, or waste, their money as they see fit. --Representation Unit 001 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 123 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 117 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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