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Bill: Emancipation Proclamation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Radical List
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: July 2712
Description[?]:
| The use of slavery as a punishment must end |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:27:19, February 15, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | I somewhat agree with this. I agree they should not have to work but, I don't agree with they can earn money. I'm sorry I just don't think that's right, if they want to do work fine but, they don't need to be given a small wage for it, their in prison! |
| Date | 10:20:49, February 15, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Union | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | "If you can't do the crime, don't do the time" They knew the punishments of their actions, so to bad for them. |
| Date | 12:55:14, February 15, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | Do any of you know anyone who's ever even been arrested? You seem to have a bizarre faith in the judicial system to always be right. Anyway the vast majority of people in prisons are there for relatively minor non-violent crimes, should they really be used as slave labour. And if none of that can convince you, how about the fact that unpaid prison labour has a depressing effect on real wages in the economy. Surely in these harsh economic times then people can be guided by economic sense rather than petty vengefulness. |
| Date | 23:30:36, February 15, 2009 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | CWP let me make this clear to you, we do support ending forced labor in prisons for the prisoners HOWEVER, we will not agree to ending it by paying them. CU: You quote about if you can't do the crime, don't do the time does not work for you in this case, for that is adressing them spending time behind bars not doing forced labour. |
| Date | 00:23:56, February 16, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | Any worker anywhere deserves to receive at least a living wage. |
| Date | 00:34:15, February 16, 2009 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Message | A living wage is what a worker needs to survive comfortably. In a state prison, thats supposed to already be provided whether the prisoner works or not. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 220 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 530 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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