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Bill: The three R's
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: passed
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 2101
Description[?]:
| Alarming levels of illiteracy have been reported from throughout Lodamun since the abolition of mandatory education. This bill would require all children to learn to read, write and do basic maths. Where and how they do so would be left to their parents to decide. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:21:02, August 23, 2005 CET |
From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | Show the reports please. The only evidencxe we have of illiteracy in our nation comes from some of our colleagues in Parliament. (We refuse to call it the citizen's assembly) |
| Date | 15:35:32, August 23, 2005 CET |
From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | I would actually agree to this, believe it or not. Education should be compulsory and should be provided by the government. |
| Date | 16:18:49, August 23, 2005 CET |
From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | Please don't call it a 'Libertarian Paradise' - liberty isn't about how people spend their money. |
| Date | 16:25:25, August 23, 2005 CET |
From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | Liberty is about how some people DONT spend other people's money... |
| Date | 16:54:28, August 23, 2005 CET |
From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | Are the left in this country still using that tired old socialist maxim "wage slave"? Dear, dear, you really should move with the times. |
| Date | 20:59:47, August 23, 2005 CET |
From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | GA, look at the second post. I do believe education should be compulsory, it is the best way to ensure that all citizens have basic numeracy and literacy skills. |
| Date | 00:55:12, August 24, 2005 CET |
From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | ((Does anyone else think the person who thought up the 3 Rs slogan is an idiot? Two of the three Rs don't even begin with an R.)) |
| Date | 21:23:37, August 24, 2005 CET |
From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | Slavery is still slavery even if you call it education. For the people to be free they have to have the choice to not do things. |
| Date | 23:55:50, August 24, 2005 CET |
From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the The three R's | | Message | We're going to abstain on this, voting for will not be consistent with CNT/AFL policy, and this is as good as passed. |
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| Vote |
Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 207 |
| no | Total Seats: 93 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena." - Jon Stewart |