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Bill: Scholarships
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic 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: March 2485
Description[?]:
| We move for the following reform |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes higher education tuition to a certain amount, the rest is covered by the individual students. This includes scholarship programs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:09:23, November 10, 2007 CET | From |  Irish Party | To | Debating the Scholarships |
| Message | We agree. |
| Date | 05:29:01, November 11, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Scholarships |
| Message | "If you accept money from the government, money stolen from tax payers, you must pay it back once you can. Especially if that money allows you to get a high paying job." ~Susan Copper, Shadow Education and Cultrue Minister |
| Date | 09:35:24, November 11, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Scholarships |
| Message | "All citizen can use the advances given by the achievements of well-educated people. Therefore it is definately no stolen money." |
| Date | 06:54:37, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Scholarships |
| Message | "Tell that to the law abiding family man handing over his tax dollars to some teen studying law. Tell that to the worker trying to put food on the table handing over his tax dollars to a bidding history student. I could go on all day, the bottom line is it's important to allows students to go on with higher education, but they are in debt to society." ~Susan Copper |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle." - Alexis de Tocqueville |