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Bill: Socialist Reality Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Dundorfs
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: October 3266
Description[?]:
| To create the worker's paradise, Franz Bauer SED Fraktionsvorsitzender |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Charter school policy (free, privately run, publicly funded schools).
Old value:: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Current: Charter schools must have a specific focus.
Proposed: Charter schools are not allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 64
Current: 61
Proposed: 60
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Article 13
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 are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:11:27, February 29, 2012 CET | From | Konservative Partei | To | Debating the Socialist Reality Act |
| Message | To create a repressive, authoritarian state where people are persecuted for what they believe, I think you mean. This is a bloc that fears being exposed for what it is. It fears that real competition will expose the fact that the state bureaucracies are bloated, inefficient entities staffed by a bunch of underachievers who couldn't make it in the real world. Their solution: ban the innovators. It fears differences of opinion and the spread of new ideas in the cultural, social and political spheres. Their solution: eradicate the free media. It fears the ability of citizens to form their own views, their own belief systems and shape their own destinies in life. Their solution: persecute people of faith. It fears that workers might be able to advocate their own interests, and fears that power might be taken away from corrupt union bullies who blackmail their own staff to get their own way. Their solution: strip away the democratic rights of workers. Only four words are needed to describe the inevitable state of Dundorf's government should these revolting "reforms" pass: Financially insolvent, morally bankrupt. (25-minute standing ovation from the opposition benches.) - Laura Seidel, Vorsitzende der Konservativen Partei. |
| Date | 13:38:18, February 29, 2012 CET | From | Linkspartei | To | Debating the Socialist Reality Act |
| Message | We do not agree with articles 4,5,7,9, 12 and 13, and therefore do not support this act. If they were to be removed, we would vote in favor of the altered version of this 'Socialist Reality Act'. Gerhard Quintens Fraktionsvorsitzender der Linkspartei |
| Date | 14:18:43, February 29, 2012 CET | From | Sozialistische Einheitspartei Dundorfs | To | Debating the Socialist Reality Act |
| Message | We fully understand and accept LP's considerations to oppose this bill, Franz Bauer SED Fraktionsvorsitzender |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 212 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 227 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 61 |
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