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Bill: Health and Safety Act of 2785
Details
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: May 2787
Description[?]:
| To protect the health and safety of society. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: There are no laws concerning food and beverage labeling.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies are required to label food and beverage products somewhere on the package.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: There are no food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: There are no set health and safety regulations for industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on vaccinations.
Old value:: The government takes no stand on vaccinations.
Current: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Proposed: The government mandates vaccination for all children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:49:05, July 14, 2009 CET | From | Republican Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | Mandating vaccinations for Christians who set their confidence in God not in public health care institutions is just not right. |
| Date | 17:34:48, July 14, 2009 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | Denying children vaccination is child abuse. |
| Date | 21:29:24, July 14, 2009 CET | From | Pax Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | By not giving children vaccinations you are endangering all others. |
| Date | 04:05:37, July 15, 2009 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | Who says we are not giving them vaccinations? We simply don't force the parents to get their kids vaccinated. There is a big difference. It is our belief that the parents know what's best for their sons and daughters not a bunch of bureaucrats. |
| Date | 12:30:35, July 15, 2009 CET | From | Pax Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | You think parent's know whats best for their children? These same parents deny their children medicine because they believe if God wanted them dead, its his choice. You really believe they know whats best? |
| Date | 12:39:06, July 15, 2009 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | Pax is spot on with his assertion, we then also need to look out for society in general we need to eradicate disease and we cant let religious nut jobs put the health of society in general at risk. |
| Date | 21:20:06, July 15, 2009 CET | From | Pax Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | Well said. People's religious belifs do not allow them to endanger the livelihood of the general public. |
| Date | 23:49:48, July 15, 2009 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Health and Safety Act of 2785 |
| Message | There's only one problem with your argument: What percentage of our population is a "religious nut job"? Exactly. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 144 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
| Random fact: There are two countries based on Egypt in the game. Cobura is based on modern Egypt with a retro twist, while Hawu Mumenhes is based on Ancient Egypt with a modernist twist. |
| Random quote: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx |