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Bill: The Sanity Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: International Forwardist Party
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: August 2134
Description[?]:
| This bill is mainly meant to get one thing across: what a rational government should do to protect the lives of the people it represents. We believe that the average man should have the ability to turn the sweat from his back into cash in his pocket, to improve his own life without fear that his efforts be stolen from him to pay the welfare checks of those too lazy to find work for themselves. we do not believe that people should be kept slaves to corporations, because we all have the right to a reasonable wage and a healthy workplace, but we do not believe that the government should babysit its populace, taking everything they have and giving them barely what they need to survive. We call for a moderate economic system, where people are given the opportunity to excel, but nobody is given the opportunity to exploit others. Nobody decided what i do with my life, mind, or body, and nobody decides what to do with my labors, money, or property. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 100
Current: 30
Proposed: 50
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:47:31, October 29, 2005 CET | From | International Forwardist Party | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | please note that i will actually hold this in debate before setting it to a vote. can we please start doing this? with that last bill in particular, i would have preferred that the latter two options were in a seperate bill than the first. i would have like to have voted for that one, but was given no time to state my preference. |
| Date | 21:14:30, October 29, 2005 CET | From | Kommunistische Arbeitspartei | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | "nobody decides what to do with my labors, money, or property." Actually, the Dundorfian Soviets decide what you do with your money. ; ) Understand that Dundorfian politics are quite jaded and spiteful. We don't debate because we all know each other's opinions. Why should we compromise and go for this silliness when we have nearly 2/3 of all seats? Debate ended long ago, and now seems to be resevred only for coalition-making (which no longer happens anyway). Plus, when terms are only 24 months, nobody has the time to debate. Of course, nobody wants to extend the terms because that's undemocratic. So debaters are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Anyway, you know how we'll respond to this bill no matter how much we argue. |
| Date | 00:01:53, October 30, 2005 CET | From | International Forwardist Party | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | But at least if there were one or two articles that one of you were willing to jump the bandwagon on, i could split the bill and have at least part of it pass... |
| Date | 05:21:35, October 30, 2005 CET | From | International Forwardist Party | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | (("nobody decides what to do with my labors, money, or property." Actually, the Dundorfian Soviets decide what you do with your money.)) and that is different from slavery how? |
| Date | 17:00:51, October 30, 2005 CET | From | Kommunistische Arbeitspartei | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | It was a joke. And it's different from slavery because everyone has extra income (income taxes aren't 100%) and they're given all kinds of luxuries. Slavery denies people control of money; we allow them to have a significant portion left over. |
| Date | 04:43:50, November 01, 2005 CET | From | Leftist Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Sanity Bill |
| Message | I support this bill. with a 100% coorporation tax they woun't want to work anymore, they would be able to pay there employees. both low-level or high-level. They will die. WIthout coorperations there will be a lack of orginization to get needed stuffs to people. Forcing people to join unions is just as bad as forcing them to join the military. People should be free to make their own choices! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 297 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 398 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
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