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Bill: Pure VBS act
Details
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 2142
Description[?]:
| Pass it or beat it |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Treaty on the Keeping of Endangered Animals.
Article 2
Withdraw from the Convention on the Humane Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Article 3
Withdraw from the International Gay Rights treaty.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state does not undertake any action towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Only adults are allowed to purchase fireworks
Current: Only adults are allowed to purchase fireworks
Proposed: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Article 9
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: There are no food standards provisions.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government introduces means tested loans for higher education tuition, to be paid back by students after earnings reach a certain amount.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Proposed: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 65
Current: 65
Proposed: 70
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The time at which sexually explicit content may be shown on broadcast television (if allowed).
Old value:: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Current: Sexually explicit content may only be shown during hours that very few children watch. Nudity may be shown all day long.
Proposed: Sexually explicit content may be shown all day long.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:34:04, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Liberty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | No way in Hell |
| Date | 23:37:34, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Seleucus Nicator | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Article 3, yes. Article 4, yes. Not so fast on the first two, though. |
| Date | 23:39:35, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Seleucus Nicator | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Whoa! You're changing it on us. Art. 4 (Food Safety) must be deeply considered before approval, Art. 5 (retirement age) definitely. |
| Date | 23:57:59, November 14, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | I guess chances to pass this are small, but I don't care. |
| Date | 00:41:17, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Clearly, you don't care. But you're doing a bang up job as my court jester! |
| Date | 12:12:13, November 15, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | SCREW YOU SSP I don't appreciate your vision, I don't want you to spam in MY bills |
| Date | 18:22:40, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | You said "I don't care", and then I agreed with you. I then complemented you on fulfilling the duties imposed upon you in the Court Jester Act that was passed last session. In response, I get nothing but scorn. Tsk tsk. I do not care if you don't appreciate my vision. In a democracy, you have to put up with all sorts of dissenting points of view including mine. If you don't want dissenting points of view relayed on "YOUR" bills, then simply don't submit them to this public assembly. It's a fairly simple concept. |
| Date | 21:52:14, November 15, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | I don't want you ruining MY debate, an interesting debate with other parties. I knew you didn't respect ME (I don't respect you neither), but I thought you respected the other parties here, who want to debate something |
| Date | 22:12:32, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | This isn't YOUR debate. This is the assembly's debate. I'll speak up when appropriate. The other parties are more than capable of speaking up when they see fit. I have full confidence and respect in their abilities in that regard. I am not interfereing in any other party's discussion of this bill with you, and encourage all parties to raise their concerns and feedback to the assembly, if they feel its worth their time. |
| Date | 18:15:35, November 16, 2005 CET | From | North Majatran Union Congress | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | This is such a rubbish bill, few if any of the articles are related with one another, absolutely ridiculous. |
| Date | 18:16:54, November 16, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | I think the bill was misnamed. The "V" has to be dropped from the title... |
| Date | 18:17:15, November 16, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | I didn't ask for your opinion about THIS BILL, but about THE ARTICLES of this bill. |
| Date | 18:23:13, November 16, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Sovereignty Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Actually, you didn't ask for anything with respect to opinions of others, though you did order me to specifically not express my opinions. Might I remind you that game asks you to "propose a BILL" and not "propose a bunch of articles". So by presenting a BILL to an assembly for DISCUSSION, it is implied that you are asking for DISCUSSION and OPINION, about your BILL. |
| Date | 19:52:36, November 16, 2005 CET | From | VBS Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Oooooooh, someone is showing he's got a dictionary in his office... |
| Date | 03:39:55, November 17, 2005 CET | From | Selucian Fascist Party | To | Debating the Pure VBS act |
| Message | Absolutely yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 144 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 355 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 76 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order." - Idi Amin |