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Bill: Videogames and Transportation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partai Komunis Hobrazia
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: October 2485
Description[?]:
| An act to ensure that people have the right to labeled videogames so that consumers may be properly informed, and to encourage public transportation and environmentally friendly fuels Video game labels will ensure consumers the right to information they require. Parents ought to be allowed to know what they buy for their children so that they can purchase video games of appropriate maturity at their well-informed discretion. Increased public transportation will alleviate traffic by reducing the number of cars on the road. This will expedite commutes and decrease hazards to pedestrians. There will be a small television advertising campaign to encourage public transportation, and brochures on the advantages of public transportation will be distributed to public areas. Environmentally friendly fuels will help wean the naton off gasoline. Thus, tax credits will be given to those possess vehicles using environmentally friendly fuels. Hydrogen fuel cells are not included in this designation, as hydrogen fuel production uses up as much CO2 as gasoline burning. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Current: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not regulate video games.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:01:04, November 09, 2007 CET | From |  Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | This bill increases government control over the people, and as such we must oppose. |
| Date | 08:57:48, November 09, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We support article 3 but we cannot, due to economic reasons, support articles 1 and 2. |
| Date | 18:31:00, November 09, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We support article 3, and we propose a lighter change on the health politics, so now the government should pay partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pay entirely for those of low income citizens. It will cost less than the original proposal and will help our citizens. |
| Date | 20:34:56, November 09, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We have altered the articles accordingly. |
| Date | 21:43:33, November 09, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We believe that the modifications to this bill have made it completely unsupportable. The cost of supplying free pharmaceuticals to low income earners would be exceedingly expensive withdrawing huge volumes of money from other areas of health care. Whilst we support assisting those on low incomes to purchase vital medication we cannot accept that returning a small amount of money to the medical system is not possible. We also point out that due to a lack of description within this bill the PKH might well be only supplying free pharmaceuticals to certain members of the population but as there is no definition within this bill as to what constitutes low income then the costs are prohibitive. In regards article 3, the wearing of religious symbols should not be the position of the government to decide upon. Whilst we would support possible limitations on the wearing of religious garb for public officials when carrying out their duties, to completely ban such a thing would be wrong and outside the governments remit. |
| Date | 22:38:17, November 09, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | Ah, apologies. We had believed it would be cheaper to supply free pharmaceuticals to only the poor rather than to the entire populace. |
| Date | 12:29:29, November 10, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We disagree on article 1 as making laws local does not stop people from gambling their money away rather it increases the cost to the consumer as they are forced to travel if they wish to gamble. There is also the problem of increased confusion over laws with individual areas having drastically different laws even within the same County. This makes the job of policing even more difficult than it currently is and so increasing those costs so this bill would only have the effect of increasing government expenditure, and thusly taxation, but without any improvement for the individuals or national in general. We do, however, support article 2 and would actually go even further but, for now, this would be acceptable. |
| Date | 17:49:54, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We support this bill. |
| Date | 23:13:25, November 10, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We are altering the bill accordingly: Gambling is to be regulated by county. |
| Date | 12:53:56, November 11, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We believe the PKH have misinterpreted our position, although we accept that our explanation might well have been at fault. We are against local regulation of national regulations. We are a single nation and as such should have single laws, creating multiple laws within a single nation is expensive and confusing and only leads to problems with policing and increasing expenditure. Localising laws just increases social problems within the national context as competitive tendering is introduced within Counties increasing antipathy between areas of the country. |
| Date | 17:57:17, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | Ah, we understand. We will redact that article. |
| Date | 18:26:51, November 11, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | That is most appreciated and we acknowledge the sense of cooperation engendered by the PKH with the formation of their bills. We would now happily state that we will support this bill in its current guise and we hope to continue to work with our right honourable colleagues in the future. |
| Date | 22:36:56, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | We also agree as we believe that these are the most sensible options available on these issues. |
| Date | 00:21:39, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Videogames and Transportation Act |
| Message | The control of cars is an attempt by the tyrannical government to control its citizens! This cannot pass! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 67 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 333 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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