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Bill: No subsidising Contraception
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom 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: December 2111
Description[?]:
| Why are we forcing Rutanian taxpayers to subsidise people to have sex? Half the money saved from this abolition of subsidies will go into an STD awareness programme, the other half will go back to Rutanian taxpayers who deserve their money. They can either spend it on condoms/contraception or not. Another reason for this bill is due to the Freedom Party's love for the free market! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:23:04, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | Yes. :D How did this slip past my morality omnibus... |
| Date | 17:27:32, September 15, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | Did it occur to you that this is also about people who don't pay taxes yet! A vote for this is a vote for furthering the spread of HIV/AIDS! |
| Date | 17:27:56, September 15, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | BTW, thanks for the long debate. :rolleyes: |
| Date | 17:28:34, September 15, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | "Another reason for this bill is due to the Freedom Party's love for the free market!" WTF has the free market got to do with providing free contraception? |
| Date | 18:37:33, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | To be honest, a condom costs about 50p to make. I dont see any pressing need for them to be subsidised. Aye. |
| Date | 20:26:24, September 15, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | But for the poor, every cent they can spare matters. ;-) Besides, there are other contraceptives which tend to be more expensive as well. You're just saying "if they can't afford contraceptives, that's too bad for them but we should just let them get Aids and die." |
| Date | 22:59:05, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | So the poor cant afford to spend fifty pence on a condom? Err... no. :rolleyes: |
| Date | 10:01:17, September 16, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | Subsidising a product interferes with the free market. You just demonstrated not only your complete lack of knowledge about the free market but also about economics. Thanks for proving my point that i made on the forum |
| Date | 20:25:47, September 16, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | "So the poor cant afford to spend fifty pence on a condom? Err... no. :rolleyes:" Indeed, they cannot. For the poor every cent matters and can make the difference between a meal or hunger. "Subsidising a product interferes with the free market." *cough*Bullshit*cough* "You just demonstrated not only your complete lack of knowledge about the free market but also about economics." My honourable friend, Capitalism is just as utopian as Communism. It all depends on the functioning of the "Invisible Hand", which is not perfect. |
| Date | 13:30:05, September 17, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | "Indeed, they cannot. For the poor every cent matters and can make the difference between a meal or hunger." Considering that working in even the lowest paid jobs you can make 50p in about 15 minutes, you may want to review that statement. |
| Date | 20:55:07, September 17, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the No subsidising Contraception |
| Message | My honourable friend. You are the one talking complete and utter bullshit and are obvioisly lacking any understanding of economics WHATSOEVER Subsidising a product intereferes with the free market, if you think that is bullshit then you really need to take some economic classes. Subsidies... INTERFERE.... WITH... THE... FREE MARKET |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 392 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 173 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 34 |
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