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Bill: Foreign Relations Reforms...
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Workers
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: February 2898
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Current: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
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 allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
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 The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
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 | 13:56:40, February 21, 2010 CET | From | Throne of Immeressen | To | Debating the Foreign Relations Reforms... |
| Message | Once again, we have to abstain - although, in this case, because we see absolutely no explanation from the 'United Workers' party of what the platform is supposed to be. Why would we vote on a bill that is so sloppily constructed it doesn't even have a description? Some of the articles are objectionable, others may be acceptable, but with no unity of vision, there's no reason to vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 391 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 275 |
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| Random quote: As for rape, of course, that is a direct consequence of the capitalist system of oppression. Capitalism relies on fuelling division and resentment to sustain itself, and so it sets men against women, race against race and so on. Men rape women because they are being oppressed by capitalism, so they take it out on women. Under Communism, there will be no rape, because there will be a full and natural harmony and equality between the genders. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |