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Bill: Elimination of the Draft
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jewish Capitalist 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: October 2581
Description[?]:
| A professional, volunteer army is always better than a drafted army. Drafting citizens in a time of war, with a nation the size of hours, merely leads to wasted deaths. Drafts have no place in a military. Mandatory military service also has no place in a nation the size of ours. Instead, our nation should support a full time, professional, and completely voluntary military, that is the highest honour to join. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term in the military.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:12:43, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Mothers' Union | To | Debating the Elimination of the Draft |
| Message | We believe the government should retain the option of imposing a draft in the event of a serious war which threatened the survival of our nation. Melanie Koffenbaum (Minister of Foreign Affairs & Leader of the JMU) |
| Date | 11:58:02, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Elimination of the Draft |
| Message | Should a draft be necessary, it would be too late for our nation, anyway. Draftees are no where near as capable of a soldier as a trained volunteer. Wanting a draft is like saying we want our nation's military to be easily overrun. |
| Date | 17:01:23, May 24, 2008 CET | From | Jewish Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Elimination of the Draft |
| Message | We are disappointed that so many members of government have so little respect for our citizens. |
| Date | 17:26:59, May 24, 2008 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Elimination of the Draft |
| Message | "We have huge respect for our citizens, but they must also respect the nation in turn. In times of great peril, it is not much to ask for citizens to defend the Motherland. -Rosh HaMemshala Giora Metzger |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 339 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
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| Random quote: "I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise, what is there to defend?" - Robert Redford |