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Bill: Pharmaceutical Drug Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Imperial 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 2146
Description[?]:
| The complete subsidisation of all pharmaceutical drug sales inevitably results in abuse. We feel that the proposed changes will be useful in at least minimising the damage caused by abuse, while still preventing citizens from facing a substabtial loss in quality of life as a result of medical problems. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:47:47, November 23, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Reform |
| Message | We'll back this. |
| Date | 20:57:57, November 23, 2005 CET | From | United Soviet Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Reform |
| Message | I Having put forward the same bill before we will back this also |
| Date | 15:09:19, November 24, 2005 CET | From | Anarcho-Capitalist Front | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Reform |
| Message | Why do you discriminate based on economic position? How is it fair for government to take taxes from all citizens, yet only provide benefits for a small subset? |
| Date | 17:17:21, November 24, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Reform |
| Message | Because the purpose of those taxes is to redistribute wealth. The taxes serve the purpose of taking wealth from the population at large to provide services to the entire population, but mose notably, to those who have the greatest difficulty subsisting for themselves. These people are rarely unable to subsist as a result of laziness, but more often it is the result of phsychological or physical disability, or in some cases, a sudden and unexpected downturn in the economy. For those of the latter group, many of them will recover shortly (very possibly as a result of the aid our governmental programs have offered them) and become contributing members of society then they will be on the other side of the taxes- they will pay, in order that someone in the same position they were in might benefit from the same social programs that allowed them to get back on their feet. As for the physically or psychologically disabled people, they are a burden all of society should bear- the only viable alternative to supporting these disadvantaged people is mass euthanasia- a practice that, I hope you will agree, is distasteful and evil. |
| Date | 08:22:01, November 25, 2005 CET | From | National Fascisti | To | Debating the Pharmaceutical Drug Reform |
| Message | We will support this, and for future reference, are heavily considering this great suggestion regarding mass euthanasia. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 185 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 208 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 48 |
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