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Bill: Liberal's Domestic Platform, 2579
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Hobrazia
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: July 2580
Description[?]:
| The Liberal Party of Hobrazia presents its first platform on the important domestic issues facing our nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Current: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Current: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Proposed: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is not inviolable.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Current: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Weapons allowed to private citizens.
Old value:: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, and there are further restrictions on places where they may be carried.
Current: Citizens may own any type of weapon. They may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Proposed: Only certain types of weapons may be owned by the general public, but these may be carried anywhere except as determined by the property owner.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:43:30, May 21, 2008 CET | From |  People's Liberation Front of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Domestic Platform, 2579 |
| Message | We agree with 3 and 4. |
| Date | 18:51:34, May 21, 2008 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Domestic Platform, 2579 |
| Message | We agree to 3 |
| Date | 19:31:12, May 21, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Liberal's Domestic Platform, 2579 |
| Message | We agree with 1, 2, and 3. |
| Date | 21:07:14, May 21, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Liberal's Domestic Platform, 2579 |
| Message | We are happy to hear that at least part of our platform is agreeable with a wide range of ideologies. We respectfully submit this platform as it is because we want to raise our visibilities, and do not care if it passes. However, in the future we will submit article 3 on its own for passage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 309 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 91 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "In public policy, it matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard, and by whom." - Ralph Reed |