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Bill: Gated Communities Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Totalitarian 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: February 2115
Description[?]:
| Presently, the private sector is permitted to establish gated communities. We have no objections to this, but feel the government should also be permitted to establish them. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: The private sector can set up gated communities.
Current: No gated communities are allowed.
Proposed: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:05:38, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | To what end would the government set up gated communities? I'm not sure I see the need, but I'm not necessarily opposed either. |
| Date | 13:13:34, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | Providing a community for our nation's soldiers and their families is one example I can think of. These soldiers may have to spend a large amount of time at a military base isolated from nearby towns. The community keeps the soldier's family nearby while keeping them safe from any dangerous activities conducted at the military base. I'm unsure of the meaning of "set up" in the proposal, though. I'm assuming it means the private sector or the government will be maintaining the community, as the government would have to hire private labour to construct the facility anyway. If this is so, I can't see the government allowing the private sector to run such a community. If I've misunderstood, I'd say the government would want to plan the community, as they would have an idea of future plans for the base, and would likely be unwilling to share them with a private company. |
| Date | 14:02:44, September 21, 2005 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | good points. We agree with this bill. |
| Date | 18:54:49, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | That makes sense. We'll vote yes on this. |
| Date | 23:47:41, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Gaduridos National Party | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | The GNP will also support |
| Date | 00:09:45, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | We also support this. |
| Date | 14:20:17, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Nuovo Partito Di Machiavellian | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | Gated communites are not simply housing for military personnel and dependencies. It controls who can live and go into certain areas. This is almost always going to be discrimanatory and lead to segregation. While we don't think the government should tell private groups what they can do, we also do not believe that the government should promote segregation. |
| Date | 18:50:18, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Gaduridos National Party | To | Debating the Gated Communities Act |
| Message | why dont we limit the government gated communities to housing for military personnel and dependencies |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 205 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 194 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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