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Bill: Quota Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Movement of Gaduridos
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2900
Description[?]:
| An act to increase quotas |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 5
Current: 20
Proposed: 15
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The maximum proposal quota a party can accumulate.
Old value:: 5
Current: 20
Proposed: 15
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:52:47, February 23, 2010 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | more? less? thoughts? 5 is not nearly enough though |
| Date | 19:03:26, February 23, 2010 CET | From | Imperial East Terra Company | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | We believe 5 has ensured a good deal of stability within the country over the past 60 years or so. We now have 5 parties which means there is the possibility of voting for 25 proposals every few years anyway. 20 will create massive policy instability. |
| Date | 20:27:10, February 23, 2010 CET | From |  Partido Popular de Unidad Nacional | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | Imperial East Terra Grouping, you support 5 proposals so you can continue to strangle the nation. We do not see why both aren't set at the maximum to allow total democracy. |
| Date | 22:30:17, February 23, 2010 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | Why don't we try some sort of trial run with it? have the maximum quotas for a predetermined amount of time, and if there is a massive amount of clutter, try to maybe find a healthy balance for the maximum. I agree that if there are too many bills up at once, that it will make getting things done difficult, but we need to make sure the legislature has enough chances to serve the people. |
| Date | 01:14:57, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | I don't believe their is a maximum to this option, seems like most nations have have 20 to the 1st and then the 2nd one is anywhere from 1 to 50 |
| Date | 04:03:24, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | Then why don't we give a median number such as 10 or 15 a go? If it looks like more or less would work better, it could be amended. I understand that some of us could be more creative at making bills then others, but we need to make sure that the process isn't flooded. |
| Date | 13:03:17, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Imperial East Terra Company | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | Having too many proposals generally leads to very long bills which contain many general and irrelevant proposals. Keeping the current figure ensures that members are more likely to introduce bills that approach a single issue and allow a decent debate. The Shareholders' Council has been incredibly busy over the past couple of years - it has been alive with discussion and legislation. That atmosphere has only been supported and fuelled by the current proposal quota. |
| Date | 18:00:39, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Free Movement of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Quota Act |
| Message | but it also got fustrating when i had first rejoined the game and was trying to bring the parties visability up, 10 or 15 would be reasonble as well Ithink, any comments on that IETG |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 39 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 36 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." - H. L. Mencken |