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Bill: Conservative Compromise Governance Proposal of 2464
Details
Submitted by[?]: Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition)
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: November 2464
Description[?]:
| A bill to streamline government in accordance with the 3 decade long conservative voting record of Alorian citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 6
Current: 25
Proposed: 5
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:47:50, September 30, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Conservative Compromise Governance Proposal of 2464 |
| Message | We oppose this bill. But here's a compromise bill we would support: Article I: Abolish cash payments to guarantee minimum income. Artilce II: Replace the guarantee of minimum wage with a guarantee of a living wage. |
| Date | 02:36:34, October 02, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Conservative Compromise Governance Proposal of 2464 |
| Message | Article I we will vote for. |
| Date | 08:02:16, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Social Liberalism Party | To | Debating the Conservative Compromise Governance Proposal of 2464 |
| Message | Schooling vouchers? Next thing we know you'll be wanting to issue food stamps |
| Date | 19:47:12, October 02, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Conservative Compromise Governance Proposal of 2464 |
| Message | We already have a free education system, this would be MORE capitalistic. We can support this, and will. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 308 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 369 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 23 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "Anarchy stands for the liberation of the human mind from the domination of religion, the liberation of the human body from the domination of property, liberation from the shackles and restraints of government." - Emma Goldman |