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Bill: Child Labor Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Evil
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: October 2152
Description[?]:
| We believe that the state has no right to prevent children from seeking gainful employment; as long as there is sufficient control over the circumstances of said employment. We should encourage their desire for work, not stiffle it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:57:07, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | absolutly not. A child's place is not in the factory, it's in a school. |
| Date | 00:55:23, December 04, 2005 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | Since schooling is mandatory for all children up until the age of 18 (adulthood) we fail to see how the plans laid out by the VGerist Party are even feasible… |
| Date | 09:04:48, December 05, 2005 CET | From | Party of Evil | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | We'll take care of that issue in a later bill... :) |
| Date | 00:34:38, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | god, this is just sickening... |
| Date | 00:55:17, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Kundrati Revolutionary Movement | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | What is sickening about allowing high school kids to earn a bit of money in the evenings or on weekends, exactly? |
| Date | 06:08:18, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Child Labor Act |
| Message | what's sickening is that this is not about High School students earning money, it's about the fact that little children will be taken and put to work in factories. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 202 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 103 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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