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Bill: Revolutionary Populist Platform
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Socialist Workers' 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: October 2458
Description[?]:
| Reforms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: All abortions are illegal.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of chemical and biological weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use chemical or biological weapons in warfare for any reason.
Current: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Proposed: The nation shall never use chemical or biological weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Current: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:21:35, September 20, 2007 CET | From |  Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | The April '57 Movement holds the view that, so long as the Second Imperial Republic exists, these reforms shall only bring about totalitarianism. |
| Date | 06:37:09, September 20, 2007 CET | From | National Socialist Workers' Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | The Populist Front dismisses your statement as sheer ridiculousness. |
| Date | 06:47:32, September 20, 2007 CET | From | National Socialist Workers' Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | Sincerely, it is ridiculous. How does this restrict anyone's freedom in any way? |
| Date | 09:09:03, September 20, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | Apart from the poorly thought through bill description which in no way puts across the theory behind changing any of these laws, we question the idea that this bill increases freedoms as private businesses are being forcefully nationalised with no plans for their operation, businesses are being forced to operate as DMC's which are generally less effective than standard managerial style operations, and security is being compromised by the changes to the ID card system which currently operates as all major forms of identification in this Country. |
| Date | 16:53:57, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | We can accept article 5, 6, 8 and maybe number 9, but we must wote no on this one as there is no bill description and because of many different issues put in one bill. Also we do not understand why the RPF didn't split some of the proposals to increase the possibility for passing some of them. |
| Date | 18:15:16, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | If we'd have it our way- smoking should be banned completely. |
| Date | 23:16:15, September 20, 2007 CET | From | National Socialist Workers' Party | To | Debating the Revolutionary Populist Platform |
| Message | Liberal Democratic Socialist?? Just how "liberal" do you claim to be, honestly, regulating what people can inhale?!?! Several high ranking party members of the RPF smoke and we do not appreciate this encroachment on our rights. To the HPP. We are sorry we did not break up the bill so that it would be acceptable to you, but actually this bill was a tricksy political move that was designed to a. show our beliefs, and b. get all other parties to vote no, thus increasing our uniqueness as a party. Such measures are necessary for new parties trying to get attention. In the future we will break up the bills, and include adequate descriptions. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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