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Bill: Our Nation Needs Defending
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Patriots' League
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: November 2485
Description[?]:
| Albeit, it only needs defending when we are actually at war. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to nuclear weapons in retaliation to a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:24:34, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Kalistani Interest Party | To | Debating the Our Nation Needs Defending |
| Message | Since education is voluntary, that second article may increase participants. We support |
| Date | 04:48:04, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Minimalist Party | To | Debating the Our Nation Needs Defending |
| Message | We support all but the second article. |
| Date | 08:13:32, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Our Nation Needs Defending |
| Message | Forced servitude in the military is a form of slavery. Article 3 is fascism |
| Date | 08:20:36, November 13, 2007 CET | From | Minimalist Party | To | Debating the Our Nation Needs Defending |
| Message | Thats two. |
| Date | 14:07:05, November 14, 2007 CET | From | Soviet Communists Party of Kalistan | To | Debating the Our Nation Needs Defending |
| Message | You will make a police state?????? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 407 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 343 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The influence a bill has on elections decreases over time, until it eventually is no longer relevant. This can explain shifts in your party's position to the electorate and your visibility. |
| Random quote: "Casting a vote shouldn't make you sick." - Ronnie Dugger |