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Bill: Old People's Choice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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 2453
Description[?]:
| So you're old? No more killing yourself No more forced pensions No more hand outs |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Current: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Proposed: Euthanasia is illegal but not considered murder.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:18:35, September 09, 2007 CET | From | Beluzian Catholic Nationalist Union | To | Debating the Old People's Choice Act |
| Message | While article iii is a distasteful step back from true social justice, it is also eclipsed by the virtue of article i. We must sweep the moral tyranny of "right to die" before it becomes a "duty to die." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 270 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 331 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 149 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." H. L. Mencken |