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Bill: Foreign Relations Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Loyalist Party of House Gwyneth-Matisse
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: November 2719
Description[?]:
| An omnibus bill aimed at opening up Athlorcaea to free trade with any willing nation, and allowing individual foreigners to enter Athlorcaea, with no strings attached. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign embassies.
Old value:: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Current: Foreign countries may establish an embassy after obtaining approval from the Foreign Office.
Proposed: Any other country may establish an embassy on national soil.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:39:50, March 01, 2009 CET | From | Loyalist Party of House Gwyneth-Matisse | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Freedom Act |
| Message | RE: the passport issue: Anyone should be allowed to leave this country whenever they want. We are not a Communist dictatorship. |
| Date | 19:59:46, March 01, 2009 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Freedom Act |
| Message | The security check is only to ensure that the passport issuee is not a known and convicted criminal. |
| Date | 20:43:45, March 01, 2009 CET | From | Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Freedom Act |
| Message | What interest does Athlorcaea have in retaining convicted criminals? |
| Date | 21:13:20, March 01, 2009 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Freedom Act |
| Message | It's bad PR to let an Athlorcaean out and then have him murder a bunch of people. Minister of Foreign Affairs Adrian Lusk reports that in 2718 only twenty-three Athlorcaeans, all convicted felons, were denied passports. |
| Date | 21:21:46, March 01, 2009 CET | From | Roccato Anarcho-Syndicalist Union | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Freedom Act |
| Message | So we ought to put the workers of Roccato and indeed Athlorcaea at large at risk in order to protect our enemies in Davostan? Is that what HL-NLP stands for? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 217 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 533 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." - H. L. Mencken |