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Bill: Government Slavery Abolishment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Stoic 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 2466
Description[?]:
| I am shocked at the way we treat our people, how in all good reason can we subject our fellow man to this enslavement. There is no more to be said, anyone of right mind can see why we need to make this illegal. - Zeno, Stoic Party Grand Teacher |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The policy regarding eminent domain is left to local governments.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:20:42, September 29, 2007 CET | From |  Stoic Party | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | No sense in debating this one, this is a clear case of for or against. - Zeno, Stoic Party Grand Teacher |
| Date | 06:49:50, September 29, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | "As always, the Liberty Party supports the owners determaining the amount of compensation the State deals out for eminent domain projects, but we can compromise on the issue if it means the abolishment of consriction" ~Liberty Party Spokesman |
| Date | 09:31:01, September 29, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | In case of war, we must be able do defend our country. Therefore the NAM can only vote against this bill. |
| Date | 14:59:05, September 29, 2007 CET | From | Stoic Party | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | In a time of war the citizens will stand up to defend Zardugal, if they care so little of their country that we have to force them then we deserve to lose. - Zeno |
| Date | 18:07:14, September 30, 2007 CET | From | Ancient and Noble Order of the Cavaliers | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | "There are extreme cases in which emminent domain is necessary. Dams, roads, and bridges all come to mind. I am also in agreement with the NAM in that a national draft is necessary if the nation is to mobilise quickly in case of a large war." -Sir Harold Fox, DM |
| Date | 18:58:31, September 30, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | Furthermore, our current laws support an army aid in case of desasters etc. If we start recruiting soldiers when the cases already happened, it's maybe too late. |
| Date | 05:57:07, October 01, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | "That's why we maintain a large, mobile standing Army" |
| Date | 07:25:27, October 01, 2007 CET | From | Ancient and Noble Order of the Cavaliers | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | "True. However, this party's main sticking-point is the provision forbidding emminent domain." -Sir Harold Fox, Directory Leader |
| Date | 10:21:06, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Government Slavery Abolishment Act |
| Message | "Yes, I have to agree. Their are other paths we can take then not allowing the State to purchase land when it's not absolutely necessary, like letting the private landowner set the price and having the state either take it or leave it. Then we'll see how vital the works really are, though keep in mind the state hardly builds anything now with the privatization initiatives Zardugal has made over the past decade." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 86 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 81 |
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