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Bill: International Relief Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriot Party
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: October 2547
Description[?]:
| This act will allow funds to be given only for disaster relief. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:43:47, March 14, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | Support. We have our own problems to deal with. We are not the world's keeper. |
| Date | 20:23:32, March 14, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | Opposed, very much so |
| Date | 22:09:45, March 14, 2008 CET | From | Tuatha Dé Danann | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | Very strongly support. |
| Date | 07:11:26, March 16, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | oppose Tukarali finally reached out to help its neighbors recently. now is no time to stop. remember, we currently have a budget surplus, so we CAN afford to help other nations |
| Date | 07:24:33, March 16, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | Just because we have a surplus doesn't mean we can afford to send that money out of Tukarali. If we stopped all government spending we'd have a large surplus, it doesn't mean we can send all that away. |
| Date | 07:04:44, March 18, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the International Relief Act |
| Message | JUP - is your nickname Scrooge??? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 224 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 276 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust." - Ralph Nader |