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Bill: Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Conservative 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: February 2551
Description[?]:
| Here are a few things that every developed country should have. Even if your party thinks we are not doing durastic enough of changes, this is still a major improvement of this mostly authoritarian nation. This is not a matter of left or right. This is a matter of living in a free nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Racial segregation of public amenities (eg. drinking fountains, public toilets)
Old value:: All public amenities are segregated.
Current: Segregation of any public amenity is banned.
Proposed: Segregation of any public amenity is banned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The legality of slavery.
Old value:: The slave trade is illegal, but slavery is legal as a punishment.
Current: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Proposed: Slavery and the slave trade are illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All strikes are illegal.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:18:22, March 24, 2008 CET | From |  Kommunisticheskaya Partiya | To | Debating the Reform Act |
| Message | We vote yes! Democracy and freedom shall reign once again in our nation! |
| Date | 06:19:38, March 24, 2008 CET | From | Partiya Sotsialisticheskaya | To | Debating the Reform Act |
| Message | We may be small and nearly powerless, but equality must be achieved! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 200 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 251 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 104 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." - John Maynard Keynes |