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Bill: Super Awesome Conservative Bill #5
Details
Submitted by[?]: Darnussian Reform Conservative Alliance
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: January 3065
Description[?]:
This is why you should have voted to lower the proposal count. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: The state does not provide child benefit.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on nuclear power.
Old value:: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Current: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Proposed: The decision is left up to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Proposed: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Public works initiatives
Old value:: The government funds a program to build public works.
Current: The government contracts with private corporations to build public works.
Proposed: Public works projects are left to local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:02:55, January 20, 2011 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Super Awesome Conservative Bill #5 |
Message | I have nothing against you doing this. Why shouldn't you? You're in power, and have a perfect right to propose the maximum amount of bills, regardless of how much I like or dislike them. |
Date | 20:04:04, January 20, 2011 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Super Awesome Conservative Bill #5 |
Message | ...and I dislike them, in case you were wondering. :P |
Date | 20:05:16, January 20, 2011 CET | From | Darnussian Reform Conservative Alliance | To | Debating the Super Awesome Conservative Bill #5 |
Message | It makes for a very rapidly swinging pendulum that will cause a total shift with each new government, reducing the quality of the game. When we have less to propose, we think harder and debate longer about the bills we make. |
Date | 21:09:21, January 20, 2011 CET | From | Imperia Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Super Awesome Conservative Bill #5 |
Message | why would u if u could just pass them without consenting the opposing opposition? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 474 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 227 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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