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Bill: The Draft
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deus Ex Machina Party
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: November 2459
Description[?]:
| In these troubled times, the nation of Rutania may call upon able bodied men, women, and robots, to defend its interests. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:03:38, September 22, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the The Draft |
| Message | Why do we need a MANDATORY draft in times of war when Rutania has one of the most AGGRESSIVE military budgets in ALL of Terra (@ 30,000,000,000 RUT--OR--50% of the National Budget)??? Couldn't the Minister of Defense simply authorize that for EACH year of college education that a citizen undergoes at EXPENSE of the Gov't, he/she devotes 2 or 3 years of military service!!! Is it NOT that simple, my dear comrades in the Legislature??? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 311 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 184 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 255 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "In Germany they first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Pastor Martin Niemoller |