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Bill: Sekowo Population Bill (2496)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Normand Pluralist Party
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: October 2496
Description[?]:
| Recently, we in Sekowo raised the age of retirement because our working class was small in relation to our non-working (young and old) populations. Currently, Sekowo has a dangerously low growth rate of 0.3% per annum. We believe that population growth would, in the long run, help stabalize Sekowo's labour shortage, as well as make Sekowo more influential internationally. To this end, we recommend Sekowo cease distributing free contraceptives. Not only will this increase the population growth rate, but it will also reduce government expenditures, reducing government costs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on population control.
Old value:: The government does not engage in population control.
Current: The government does not engage in population control.
Proposed: The government actively promotes population growth.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:04:23, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | We can agree to this. OOC: You do know you have to submit for vote right, or are you just wanting comments on all of these first? |
| Date | 03:07:37, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Independence Coalition | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | The Independence Coalition would support this legislation. |
| Date | 03:09:57, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | OOC: Yes, I know. I like leaving bills open for negotiation for a time, if there is resistance to them. |
| Date | 17:32:20, December 05, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | We support encouraging population growth, but we don't support stopping our contraceptive program. Not everyone who has sex is ready or wanting of children, especially teenagers, and lets face it, it can be embarressing for them to buy them. |
| Date | 23:05:12, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | Well, even though I'm against abortion, sence it is legal here thanks to you, they might as well use it. |
| Date | 23:32:38, December 05, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Sekowo Population Bill (2496) |
| Message | Abortion has been legal in Sekowo since before the DSP was founded, so we cannot take any credit for it. Beyond that, while we support abortion in all cases, except for designer babies, we do think that it should passively be discouraged, as in not to use it as a 'quick fix'. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 388 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 248 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." - Thomas Jefferson |