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Bill: Nationalization of Fire Services
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hulstrian Labor 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: March 2674
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: The fire department is entirely volunteer, equipment and expenses paid for by the government.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:45:53, November 23, 2008 CET | From |  Wiedervereinigten Nationalisten | To | Debating the Nationalization of Fire Services |
| Message | This is ridiculous. Fire services should be handled locally. Fires rarely engulf the entirety of the Imperial Crownlands of Greater Hulstria. Hence, they should be controlled and handled by local governments. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 251 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 302 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 97 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason." - Abraham Joshua Heschel |