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Bill: Earthly Community I
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
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: January 2109
Description[?]:
| The basic necessities of humanity should not be forced solely into the domain of private businesses operating for profit. The government has a responsibility to provide for those who do not have the means supply the market with finances. It is the duty of the government to ensure the well-being of its citizens, to ensure even the poorest are provided with accommodation and health care - and it is certainly the duty of the government to ensure the educational services today match the skills required for the future. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: The state contracts with private companies to provide public housing.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:51:57, September 03, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | Less than 15% of the nation supports any form of DWC ownership. Just who do you claim to represent? If 85% of the nation consists of the wealthy, we are prosperous indeed. |
| Date | 00:53:05, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | As you add proposals, I see you plan to seize all privately owned houses and health facilities as well...yet claim to fight theft and extortion... |
| Date | 00:53:42, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | As well as schools...Apparently free school choice is incompatible with the Peepul goal of government indoctrination? |
| Date | 02:53:51, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | Against |
| Date | 21:34:28, September 03, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | Do we need to say anything Peepul? |
| Date | 21:42:55, September 03, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | We'd prefer not. |
| Date | 18:06:17, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | Given the changed proposals, warmly supported. |
| Date | 01:04:23, September 10, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | It's a little disappointing to find the Chorus and the RCP are following in the footsteps of extremists. |
| Date | 01:18:47, September 10, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." – Barry Goldwater (1964) "If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist." – Joseph Sobran (1995) |
| Date | 10:41:00, September 10, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Earthly Community I |
| Message | "Sweet moderation, heart of this nation, desert us not we are between the wars." - Billy Bragg |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 201 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 35 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "It makes no difference, in principle, if this 'collective will' is divined by the edicts of a dictator or by majority vote, so long as the rights of the individual may still be sacrificed." - Robert Garmong |