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Bill: Foreign Policy Proclamation
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Patriots Party
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: August 2791
Description[?]:
| Under the Foreign Policy Proclamation there would be changes in the overall idea and bases for our foreign policy that would ensure that the nation of Saridani comes first before our interest in foreign powers. We feel that there is a time for assistance to other nations and a time to place our people first that time to place our people first is now. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:36:27, July 21, 2009 CET | From |  United Democratic Movement | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Proclamation |
| Message | No to all three. Tied aid is a bad thing, maybe not for our nation but for the ones we are helping. The UPF believes only in trade which shall truly benefit the nation needing help. The current legislation is adequet. Tarriffs and quotas do only bad for this nation, we should not do so. Also, why should be be so bad on visitors? The current levels of security are enough, and sufficient. |
| Date | 00:45:20, July 22, 2009 CET | From | National Patriots Party | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Proclamation |
| Message | Tied Aid allows us to control the amount of aid we give to what nations. There is an endless supply of poorer nations seeking aid all wanting "free" hand outs but not wanting to do anything for their own people to warrant such a hand out. If we allow aid to only reach nations that give back to their people and to us in return for the aid we are in fact increasing their own ability to provide for themselves and to assist their own economy. Tariffs are a needed resource as to ensure the security and well being of jobs here in our nation. To continue to allow the free trade is only inciting companies and foreign investors to take advantage of our markets and to take valuable amounts of money from our nation. The Tariffs ensure the right to work for our workers. The current border control standard is not set up to assist in our other policy to actively hunt for illegal aliens. It is adequate if we did not have an active seek and capture illegal alien policy but we do and it is not a bill that the Patriots Party passed recently so we cant be blamed for that one. However with the new change in checking people as they come into the nation we can find illegal aliens faster and better then we currently can. |
| Date | 04:29:13, July 22, 2009 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Foreign Policy Proclamation |
| Message | Article One: Tied aid is a deeply flawed system that only benefits our economy. If country forces others in need to use tied aid for any product their own product price drops and the people become poorer as a result. In the end we are forced to contribute more aid. Article Two: Are you trying to drive out all corporations from our country? Doing this will once again just hurt our corporations that will result in job loses. The loses will not be made up in this country as the corporations will simply move to another country along with the job loses from those involved in foreign exchange will just result in far more loses for our country. Article Three: This is a much needed law in Saridani nation. Illegal immigration is a situation becoming out of control. Hardline is willing to support this if it is drafted as a separate bill. Although should be debated a little further first. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 384 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 214 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 152 |
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