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Bill: People Are Not Stupid Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Bibs 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: June 2554
Description[?]:
| We need to allow the people a hand in governing themselves. Local government knows what is best for its people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Charter school funding, regulation, and development is left up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:52:04, March 30, 2008 CET | From | Dorvik People's Liberation Party | To | Debating the People Are Not Stupid Act |
| Message | I'm not sure I understand the existence of charter schools at all, seeing as how education is almost entirely privatized. |
| Date | 20:57:48, March 30, 2008 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the People Are Not Stupid Act |
| Message | We encourage the FBP to stop creating bills with very different proposals in them. We don't understand what a national tv service or regulating the phone service has to do with local governments. The same goes for your morality act. If you are creating a multi-proposal bill, please attempt to keep them to similar areas. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 262 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 237 |
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| Random quote: "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant." - Karl Popper |