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Bill: The Burden of Many
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Arab Party of Kafuristan
Status[?]: defeated
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 2526
Description[?]:
| Must be taken off the shoulders of the few. |
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 subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
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: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:29:37, February 03, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the The Burden of Many |
| Message | -cheers- |
| Date | 18:19:26, February 03, 2008 CET | From | Ancient Arabic Order of the Shrine [KRC] | To | Debating the The Burden of Many |
| Message | Eh, entirely private education seems...dangerous to us, we do like the freemarket parts of the bill, but some people will die without their pharmecutical drugs, what are you going to tell the Diabetic Single Widow with 3 kids and a dog? |
| Date | 20:49:45, February 04, 2008 CET | From |  National Arab Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the The Burden of Many |
| Message | Toss the dog, and buy contraceptives. |
| Date | 21:04:24, February 04, 2008 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the The Burden of Many |
| Message | Don't we have a policy of encouraging population growth? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 259 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 335 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 121 |
| 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: "I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |