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Bill: {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom Party
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: July 2137
Description[?]:
| We propose that the number of seats in the Federated Parliament be reduced, so as to lower the administrative burden posed by having too many representatives. Rutanians, we think, would prefer a more efficient parliament where their representatives are not anonymous backbenchers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 599
Current: 650
Proposed: 200
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:13:02, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly |
| Message | We can negotiate about the number, but the Radical Freedom Party would like to bring the number of representatives down a little. Currently we feel there are too many, reducing the status of an individual MP to that of voting cattle. |
| Date | 13:35:54, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly |
| Message | Against. The lower the number of MPs, the less true distinction can be made between different parties. Democracy > penny pinching cost cutting. |
| Date | 14:32:53, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly |
| Message | It's true. And in-game, they don't have salaries yet, so that's not a problem. |
| Date | 11:48:50, November 06, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly |
| Message | I like 599 seats. Its not too many (749 being way too many), 599 gives 400 for 2/3's majority and 300 to pass a bill |
| Date | 12:21:15, November 06, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the {table}Small Government in the Legislative Assembly |
| Message | Tabling this bill then. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 535 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling |