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Bill: Military Reform I
Details
Submitted by[?]: Monarchal Conservatives
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: September 2503
Description[?]:
| A bill proposing the ability to conscript citizens during a a time of war, if the need arises. |
Proposals
Article 1
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:17:03, December 18, 2007 CET | From | Centre | To | Debating the Military Reform I |
| Message | The citizens of our nation should always be given the choice to volunteer for our armed forces. We should be able to call upon our people in our times of need and allow them rise up in favor or decline our proposition. If we cannot inspire the people of this land to stand up and defend it then we have failed to created an institution that is worth defending. Conscription lies on the precipice of failed policies and are the last resorts of failing nations. |
| Date | 06:19:44, December 18, 2007 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Military Reform I |
| Message | SP/E/CT/RUM wholeheartedly endorses the eloquent sentiments of the Centre party. |
| Date | 06:26:44, December 18, 2007 CET | From | Monarchal Conservatives | To | Debating the Military Reform I |
| Message | Well, I see your point, and it is valid, though relatively naive. Sometimes the populous is uninformed, and doesn't see the reason to fight as such. For instance, in WW2 the Russian army had a horrible volunteer rate, because the populous didn't realize the threat that the German nation posed at the time. The USSR had to rely heavily on conscripts to be able to fight off the Germans long enough for the Americans to push in the west. If the USSR had failed, and Germany been able to turn it's full attention to Africa and England, we'd be living in a very different, very much worse off world. |
| Date | 17:38:56, December 18, 2007 CET | From | Yellow Party | To | Debating the Military Reform I |
| Message | We will support this initiative. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 174 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 83 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
| 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: "There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle." - Alexis de Tocqueville |