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Bill: Nuclear Rearmament Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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 2140
Description[?]:
| A bill to rearm Baltusia and provide a deterrent to foolish foreign nations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Current: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Proposed: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:28:21, November 12, 2005 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Nuclear Rearmament Act |
| Message | This will provide a deterrent without having to resort to enslaving our relatively small population by serving in the military and stays in line with a no-first-strike MAD policy. As the WMD Limitation Treaty spreads to more nations, then it will become less and less likely Baltusia will engage in war, let alone nuclear war. |
| Date | 04:36:16, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Baltusian Neo Exsudo Party | To | Debating the Nuclear Rearmament Act |
| Message | Do you know how expensive it is to run a nuclear program? |
| Date | 04:55:29, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Nuclear Rearmament Act |
| Message | We spend 3.5% of our GDP on defence. That is more than adequate. OOC: To contrast, the US spends around 3.3%. |
| Date | 04:57:41, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Nuclear Rearmament Act |
| Message | Besides, as per one of the earlier acts concerning these very proposals, no nuclear weapons are actually constructed unless Baltusia is in a state of war. None of them are actually used until we are fired upon. And as I believe we explained then, a nuclear weapon is surprisingly easy to make, if you can get your hands on the uranium or plutonium, which as a sovereign government, we can. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 133 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 50 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 150 |
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