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Bill: BNR General Common Sense Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bismarckian National Resistance (BNR)
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: June 2759
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals may not own firearms unless professionally required.
Current: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Proposed: Adult individuals may own guns under strict license conditions.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Current: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal and prosecuted as a civil offence.
Current: Public nudity laws are left to local governments.
Proposed: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government has no position on the proliferation of stock exchanges.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:23:37, May 19, 2009 CET | From | Bismarckian National Resistance (BNR) | To | Debating the BNR General Common Sense Act |
| Message | reasoning: 1 - same as with the smoking bill proposed by GPO; we don't want small children consuming alcohol 2 - the government has an obligation to keep its citizens safe in nuclear, chemical, or biological attacks 3 - there are crimes besides terrorism or treason, such as serial murder, that also deserve a death penalty 4 - we don't want wackos to own guns, but some people besides off-duty police officers may live in rural areas where guns are necessary for protection from wild animals; also, if hunting is legal, but buying guns isn't? common sense there... 5 - serving in the military is good for building character, and for those that don't feel comfortable, they can do good for the nation with civil service 6 - sure, we don't want naked fat guys walking down the streets of the capital city, but we need a place where they can do that - specified nudist colonies and beaches 7 - it costs too much money for the govt. to provide everyone telephone service, we can just subsidize it for poor people and regulate the providers from charging too much so that its still accessible 8 - we should allow private sports clubs, and should open a few government-run ones here and there in major cities to keep our citizenry fit 9 - stock exchanges are mostly good for the economy, but when left unchecked bad things happen |
| Date | 01:15:07, May 20, 2009 CET | From | BDSP un Beys fun Yisserles-Binyomen | To | Debating the BNR General Common Sense Act |
| Message | 3 - They don't deserve to die, they deserve a chance at redemption or at least to work for the state to pay for their crimes. 5 - We wouldn't have them in times of war. 7 - We have the money, we have the largest defense budget on Terra and can re-allocate it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 119 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 81 |
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