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Bill: Free Travel Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamonese Communist 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: October 2628
Description[?]:
| All Telamonese citizens, rich or poor, should be able to use public transport for free. This is the only way to get people away from their cars, reduce congestion and cut carbon emissions. Albert Brocklehurst (General Secretary of the Telamonese Communist Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:20:48, August 28, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Free Travel Act |
| Message | We do not know how to vote on this bill. |
| Date | 01:28:16, August 28, 2008 CET | From | Telamonese Communist Party | To | Debating the Free Travel Act |
| Message | Perhaps I can help you... in good ol' Communist countries they have this system where you all put up your hands for "Yes"... ;-) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 297 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 134 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 21 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "Those who are responsible for the national security must be the sole judges of what the national security requires. It would be obviously undesirable that such matters should be made the subject of evidence in a court of law or otherwise discussed in public." - Unattributed member of the the House of Lords on the removal of trade union rights |