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Bill: Home Guard Bill (2144)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2145
Description[?]:
| In times of war it would be sensible to have the option to call up as many citizens as we need to serve the nation. They will have the choice whether to serve their nation by defending it at home or by going abroad. These citizens will only have to be called upon if we are in a major conflict and do not have enough troops. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:01:40, November 21, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Home Guard Bill (2144) |
| Message | The description is a work in progress, i'd like to add more points to it at some stage after discussion. |
| Date | 18:08:00, November 21, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Home Guard Bill (2144) |
| Message | We support. It would be stupid not to take advantage of all of our manpower when fighting a war and this allows us that. |
| Date | 20:32:35, November 21, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Home Guard Bill (2144) |
| Message | Manpower that is not great in numbers, poorly motivated conscripts who will run at the first shot, and a defense budget that doesn't allow for the cost of arming these draftees. It would not only ruin our economy due to inflation or major debt, it will also weaken our active duty troops who wll be cut back in weapons and training. We don't need a large land force, it doesn't make sense from a overall military strategy. |
| Date | 20:42:42, November 21, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Home Guard Bill (2144) |
| Message | This is only during war time. We need to reserve the right to call up troops for battle when needed. What's to stop some of them being trained for airforce and naval roles as well? In wartime our defence budget would rise massively and we would be able to afford training and equipment more easily. |
| Date | 13:03:54, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Home Guard Bill (2144) |
| Message | Plus even in wartime if it is felt we don't need them then there will be no draft, this i would give us more options though. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 174 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 226 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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