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Bill: Royalist Health and Education Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royalist Confederacy
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: April 2492
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools are not allowed.
Current: Only non-profit organizations may establish charter schools.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
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 government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: Education is a matter of local governments.
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 | 23:27:42, November 23, 2007 CET | From |  SocLib '82 | To | Debating the Royalist Health and Education Act |
| Message | Disagree with articles 2 and 4. We fully support the other two. A more moderate proposal that would allow private schools but still provide free and public education would be preferred, and for article 2 we would prefer a compulsory public pension system with an optional private one, or both optional. |
| Date | 00:09:04, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Royalist Confederacy | To | Debating the Royalist Health and Education Act |
| Message | On pension system - ok we propose both private and public systems to be optional. As for the schools... we don't need public schools everyone will be able to afford to send his child to the private one thanks to the voucher system. Also, we will abolish political influance on the education. |
| Date | 06:56:40, November 24, 2007 CET | From | SocLib '82 | To | Debating the Royalist Health and Education Act |
| Message | What about those children that aren't "disadvantaged" and just over the line of qualification? It is a very scary place to be as families battle costs in numerous areas and then have this bill brought to their attention, and adds just another expense for the working classes. Education is necessary for the growth and prosperity of the nation, and the government should have to provide for it. Free up the education system to provide a real choice to parents. Give them the public option and the private option with vouchers for low-income families so they can provide their child with a private education if they see fit. Isn't "freedom of choice" what this is all about? If we see positive results over a period of time, such as lower unemployment, then SocLib '82 will consider privatizing the education system completely. |
| Date | 15:05:31, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Royalist Confederacy | To | Debating the Royalist Health and Education Act |
| Message | There is no such thing as "free" education, we do pay for it while we pay taxes. If we establish a free market in education prices will go down, thre will be more schools that will have a better quality of teaching. We have to cut taxes and give the money back to individuals and especially to the parents. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 136 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 125 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
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