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Bill: Budget cuts
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party
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: July 3039
Description[?]:
| Budget cuts |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: No new buildings may be constructed unless they feature provisions for civil defence.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 4
Current: 5
Proposed: 1
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: Health care is entirely private.
Proposed: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by 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 | 05:04:01, December 02, 2010 CET | From |  United Nationalist Alliance (ZC) | To | Debating the Budget cuts |
| Message | The UNA will be abstaining from this bill, while we appreciate some of the goals of this bill it is simply too large and broad for us to vote on, we agree with some measures while we dont agree with others. We ask that the Liberal Party split up his bills into more manageable relevant separate ones. A bill where minimum wage and food labeling procedures are both their doesnt make any sense. Thank You Randal Dalton UNA Director |
| Date | 18:24:55, December 02, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Budget cuts |
| Message | The Liberal Party apologises for the packed nature of the bill and will promise to compartmentalize its bills further in the future. The reason for minimum wage and food labelling being on the same bill was that by reducing goverment oversight on such issues we were allowing for less beauracratic cost of goverment regulations. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 600 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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