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Bill: Two-Tier Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertà Parti
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: April 2461
Description[?]:
| The purpose of this bill is to take many of the totally socialist institutions such as education, health-care, postal service, media, internet, industry, and so forth and merely legalize the creation of unregulated private parallel institutions, as to form a two-tier system, giving the citizens a choice of one system over the other. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may not seize private property.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Internet regulations.
Old value:: The government runs its own internet with government approved content only and no connection to the rest of the world.
Current: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Proposed: The government has no position on who may use or what is published on the internet.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are not allowed.
Current: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Current: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:48:16, September 23, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Workers' Party and CTUL List | To | Debating the Two-Tier Reform |
| Message | We are intrinsically opposed to every Article other than Art 2. We therefore have taken initiative in creating our own Bill proposal for Art 2. |
| Date | 23:20:30, September 23, 2007 CET | From | Concerned Union of Fascists | To | Debating the Two-Tier Reform |
| Message | We do not object to the current situation as long as the national authorities are truly in line with the spirit of the nation. Sincerely, Chairman Francis Urquhart Concerned Union of Fascists |
| Date | 11:20:40, September 24, 2007 CET | From | Permissive Social Union | To | Debating the Two-Tier Reform |
| Message | The LFF will not agree to this. |
| Date | 18:18:49, September 24, 2007 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Two-Tier Reform |
| Message | AMRLP willsupport as a first step to allowing citizens to choose their own life. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 131 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 401 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 134 |
| Random fact: The Real-Life Equivalents Index is a valuable resource for finding out the in-game equivalents of real-life cultures, languages, religions, people and places: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6731 |
| Random quote: "Blah blah blah- I'm more of a Leftist than all you puppets... You support cops beating people down and kicking out all the foreigners..." - Omar al-Khali, former Kalistani politician |