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Bill: Fair Public Transit Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvik People's Liberation 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: January 2554
Description[?]:
| Why do we force our nation's poorest citizens to walk from place to place? They cannot afford private cars, and yet we make them pay full price to use public transit. We provide them with low-cost housing, but this is not enough to ease their economic hardship. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is partially subsidised with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 237 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 262 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
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