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Bill: Government Reform Act of 2040
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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: January 2042
Description[?]:
| A proposal to strip certain restrictions placed upon groups by the federal government and to instead delegate the ability to place those restrictions to the local governments, where people have more say in their own affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Appointments and requirements for government employees.
Old value:: Government employees are selected and appointed in a political way.
Current: All government employees have to promise political independence.
Proposed: All government employees have to promise political independence.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sexual education in schools.
Old value:: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty.
Current: Schools have an obligation to give sexual education at some point in puberty, but individual students have an opt-out option.
Proposed: This decision is up to the schools themselves without government regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Any article of this bill is subject to removal/debate at this stage. Just throwing ideas out. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | This is all stuff that has been recently decided. I don't think it's appropriate to change the law every election. |
| Date | not recorded | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | I can live with article 1, I'm in favour of article 2 and I'm opposed to articles 3, 4 and 5. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | I am against every single proposal in this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Why would that be? Since when do Libertarians endorse big government? OOC: Speaking as a bit of a radical anarchist (:-p) irl, I am wondering where your opposition to article 2 comes from, especially seeing as how that last "in a political way" bit seems to imply that the best man doesn't get the job, its whoever bribes the top boss the best. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Local government is still government. As a libertarian, I believe that no government, local or national, should deny law abiding citizens the rights to gamble, marry, not be forced to pray and so on. Your proposals introduce more authoritarianism than already exists. For example, can't you see how "The government allows all consenting adults to marry." is far more libertarian than "Legal marriages are defined by local governments"? What if a local government decides that homosexuals, polygamists zoophiles, and whatever other marital minorities exist should not be allowed to marry? To me, it doesn't matter if it's the local council or the president himself laying down "thou shalt not"s, it's still government intervention in my book. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | polygamists, zoophiles* |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Proposal 2 is blatantly opposed to basic notions of freedom of expression, as well. All Rutanian citizens retain the right to partisan association, regardless of whether they are involved in government. We can't expect government workers to have no opinions. |
| Date | not recorded | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | No, but they must place the citizen's interests above partisan interests. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Political independance doesn't mean having no opinions, it just means not sucking up to the of the major parties. (article 2 LAP) |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Ah, nevermind, time to appeal to my base. |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | So if you work in government, you must sacrifice your own rights for "citizen interests"? No. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the Government Reform Act of 2040 |
| Message | Too many articles to agree with, sorry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 109 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 166 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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