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Bill: Enforce modest pollution restrictions
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Authoritarian Movement
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: September 2463
Description[?]:
| If our state passes a law, we must enforce that they're used. In such an important aspect like basic environmental safe we cannot make compromise. We only demand modest pollution restrictions but at least these modest rules must be accepted. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:47:01, September 30, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | "You have no understanding of this policy. We, as a state, have set voluntary targets for business to make. That's not a law. The market will decide what kind of environmental protection measures they want large industries to take, after all, the consumers are the people who have to live with the consequences. If you can't understand the Zardugali system of voluntary measures to help businesses that want to gain the favor of the market, the consumers, the people, how can you see yourself as fit to lead Zardugal?" ~James Allan, Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry for the Liberty Party |
| Date | 10:31:39, September 30, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | But the market only reacts on the way things were produced. In the subject of our environment, we cannot wait until the market has found a propper answer because a single mistake can have serious effects. |
| Date | 13:20:43, September 30, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | "I'm afraid you don't quite make sense, could you rephrase?" ~James Allan |
| Date | 14:13:11, September 30, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | I meant, that when an environment disaster already happened, the market reaction is too late. If a company will let their chemicals into the river, the consument might not buy the product of this company, but the river will be poisened as well. |
| Date | 05:46:27, October 01, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | "What do you mean "might" not buy their products? Do you think the industrialists of Zardugal are idiots? They would never do something so environmentally irresponsible as that. Zardugal is not a Nanny State, and it's people do not need one." ~James Allan |
| Date | 09:50:54, October 01, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | If they'll never do it, they cannot have anything against a little inspection of their factories. |
| Date | 10:23:59, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Enforce modest pollution restrictions |
| Message | "Or we could just, say, trust our population? Zardugal is not populated by mindless drones, though if any of these outrageous bills of your's pass, that might be the bleak reality." ~James Allan |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 109 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 292 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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