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Bill: Economic Change Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Great Conversative 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: February 3391
Description[?]:
| This nation currently resides under a rather unfair system. This system reforms the way the government approaches economics and finance in order to bring about a more balanced and durable system. Summarised: - Foreign diplomats, for criminal justice purposes, are brought under the same conditions as anyone else who commits a crime in Kizenia. - Agricultural subsidies will be based on demand for crops. Crops that are high in demand, and therefore needed by the people or small businesses of this nation, will be given higher subsidies so that there will be no shortages of highly-necessary crops. - The current public health care system remains, but separate private clinics will be allowed to operate in order to reduce the workload of the public health care system. The wealthy will usually have their treatments in private clinics so that the public health care system can take care of the public. - The production of industrial hemp is deregulated. It is mainly used for clothes and ropes, so it is slightly unnecessary to have separate production laws for hemp. - The tariff system is reformed. Tariffs are only imposed on goods from nations that impose tariffs on our goods. If there is fair international trade, and no tariffs are imposed on basic goods from our nation, then we will not impose tariffs on goods from friendly nations. This is also a good idea to improve foreign relations. - Police officers, often finding themselves in a situation where they have to defend themselves, will be armed with a light firearm. There will still exist squads with heavier arms for large-scale emergencies. - Religious advertising will be allowed in line with other advertising laws. Since no distinction is made between businesses and organised religions in any other field, advertising should be made equal also. - In order to prevent a loss of trust in government, public officials need to appear secular so that there is no reason for people to think that public officials are dishing out special treatment to those that share their openly-visible religion. - The retirement age will be raised so that the current system of social security will remain strong and fair for the next generation. There is only a moderate rise; most wealthy nations already have a retirement age much higher than this proposed age. - Software, algorithms and other intellectual property will be made into public domain so that science, philosophy and fair use are put above profit-making and lawsuit-warring by large businesses. - Local governments, those that realistically deal with sports clubs, are given the right to decide on funding for sports clubs. They will be the first to spot any problems or room for improvement, and therefore it makes much more sense to let them handle subsidies. - Small arms exports are allowed to allies. This gives us a boost in employment and keeps our allies and thereby ourselves safe. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 60
Current: 65
Proposed: 62
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Proposed: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Current: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Current: Industrial hemp is illegal.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Current: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Proposed: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Old value:: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Current: The Government grants full diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are protected from arrests and prosecution from all laws and are protected from civil lawsuits, but may be expelled.
Proposed: The government grants no diplomatic immunity and foreign diplomats are subject to arrest and prosecution and civil action under all laws of the host nation.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Proposed: Public officials are not allowed to wear religious symbols while exercising their duties.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 103 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 347 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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