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Bill: Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic National 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 2548
Description[?]:
| Religion, Economics, Education and Infrastructure. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: Ownership of domestic animals is banned.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
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 6
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:28:46, March 19, 2008 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia |
| Message | Whilst we oppose articles 1,2, 4, and 8, we will, on balance, support the Bill for its more valuable articles. |
| Date | 22:22:26, March 19, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia |
| Message | In what way is this 'liberal'? Dstroying the environment and allowing big business to exploit monopoly markets is not liberal. |
| Date | 23:37:23, March 19, 2008 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia |
| Message | Yes it is (OOC: I assume you're mixing up american liberalism with european liberalism, the latter is which I subscribe to). Classical Liberalism - taking away government control over the day to day, promoting the rights of the individual, complete market de-regulation As it says in our party platform of what we stand for: "The Conservative Liberal Party combines liberal values and politicies with conservative stances, or, more simply, representing the right-wing of the liberal movement. First, we are more concerned with economic liberalism, adopting libertarian or neo-liberal policies. The Conservative Liberal Party are staunch supporters of the free-market, small government, less bureaucracy, deregulation, privatizations and the lowering of taxes. Second, we place less emphasis upon social and moral issues (as euthanasia or gay marriage), although we are socially liberal on them. Third, we are strong supporters of economic globalization and are more skeptical about international organizations like the United Nations. Fourth, the Conservative Liberal Party are in favor of stricter rules on immigration and are not enthusiastic about multiculturalism. The Conservative Liberal Party are tough on crime and support higher levels of punishment and are more committed to fighting terrorism. Fifth, the Conservative Liberal Party believe Keymon should be occupied by Likatonia. It is rightfully ours. Our acquisition of Keymon should be obtained through diplomatic means but if all else fails, the use of military force to bring Keymon back to its rightful owners will be necessary. The Conservative Liberal Party support the aims of Greater Likatonia. " You can read more about the Conservative Liberal Party at: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Conservative_Liberal_Party |
| Date | 00:49:06, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia |
| Message | OOC: no - european or american liberalism doesn't exist in this scenario. Thus, my in-character references must be to 'likatonian liberalism'. We can quibble about how that is defined, but it's not assumed it parallels any realworld model. So - we're left with 'liberal' as our etymological source, and 'permissive' or 'charitable' might be good interpretations. Unregulated business is neither permissive nor charitable, except, perhaps, to their own shareholdes. |
| Date | 01:23:53, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Democratic National Party | To | Debating the Conservative Liberal Vision for Likatonia |
| Message | Well, IC: our liberal policies have been consistant since the formation of this aprty back in the 2350's - I do recall that a radical libertarian party was active in this nation for a long period of time, so perhaps they set the standard so to speak. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 344 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 167 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 98 |
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