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Bill: Private Cars Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bicky Forever - MSCC
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 2713
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:13:48, February 15, 2009 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | We are of two minds on this bill. On the one hand, by treating all households the same regardless of size, the current policy might discriminate against larger-sized households. On the other hand, by removing this regulation, an important safeguard against unfair disparities of wealth might be lost. We are still considering our vote, and welcome arguments for and against. |
| Date | 19:21:20, February 15, 2009 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | Well, first of all, we think proportion is at stake. At what extent can environment matters justify a limitation of the number of cars a household may have? Secondly, BF thinks it is not the number of cars which matters, but the environmental friendliness of those cars. Two environmentally friendly cars can be better than one car which pollutes lots more. Therefore, we hope we can improve the environmental friendliness of the cars used in Ikradon. |
| Date | 00:18:51, February 16, 2009 CET | From | Bolsheviks | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | Yes but one car pollutes alot less then two if they got the same carbon emmision. Your reasoning to let them have more cars but reduce the CO2 levels of them can just be inplemented in the existing policy. |
| Date | 17:40:21, February 16, 2009 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | Ok but do we need to forbid big households to have two or more cars if these cars are not pollutive? Because that has to be the real goal: make sure that the cars' pollution reduces to zero. |
| Date | 05:57:05, February 18, 2009 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | We agree that this is an unnecessary one-size-fits-all law which doesn't recognise that personal circumstances can differ. |
| Date | 12:38:20, February 18, 2009 CET | From | Bicky Forever - MSCC | To | Debating the Private Cars Policy |
| Message | BF thanks government parties CCC and NDP for proving themselves openminded and for supporting this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 498 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 202 |
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