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Bill: Legislative changes bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Freedom Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2121
Description[?]:
| A Conservative proposal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 0
Current: 50
Proposed: 2
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 20
Current: 25
Proposed: 18
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: A pseudo-proportional algorithm that gives considerable advantage to smaller regions.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:22:32, October 04, 2005 CET | From |  Party of Kanjor | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | I agree with some of those proposals, but I must vote no because they're all in one place. |
| Date | 22:22:37, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Party of Kanjor | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | I agree with some of those proposals, but I must vote no because they're all in one place. |
| Date | 22:46:18, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | Part of this shows why I hate conservative economics: Cutting taxes on things people don't need, paid for by raising (or in this case re-instituting) a tax on things people do need. |
| Date | 00:01:47, October 05, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | Very good example. |
| Date | 16:27:19, October 05, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | This proposal shows why I hate the left-wing - they don't understand economics - if you keep taxing businesses and the wealthy - they will leave the country and take their businesses and money with them, then we'll lose all the professional jobs and the middle class will be forced to emmigrate, stimulating a brain drain. |
| Date | 20:50:44, October 05, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Legislative changes bill |
| Message | That's such a lie, as people don't leave countries due to taxes; people value their nationality far too much to do so. How many people left the USA due to the 89% to-bracket taxes that existed during the Eisenhower administration? Was that a period of horrid economic times? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 236 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 285 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command." - Niccolo Machiavelli |