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Bill: Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People
Details
Submitted by[?]: Land and Peoples' Choice 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: December 3397
Description[?]:
| WIth the votes now available to pass it, I re-propose my bill from last session. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
Current: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
Proposed: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Listing of controversial ingredients, such as genetically modified (GM) ingredients (if food labelling is applied).
Old value:: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Current: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing, and any GM ingredients must be listed.
Proposed: Any chemicals used in agrigulture or processing must be listed. There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for all citizens.
Proposed: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on inheritance
Old value:: The government inherits everything, private inheritance is outlawed.
Current: Local governments establish inheritance laws.
Proposed: There are no regulated inheritance laws, inheritance is only regulated by the will of deceased.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Current: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Proposed: Local governments establish policies on the production of pornography.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Article 10
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 required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:01:49, November 15, 2012 CET | From |  Land and Peoples' Choice Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | Given that the alcoholic beverage localization passed elsewhere, I have replaced it with railroad privatization. That is the only change. |
| Date | 21:31:29, November 15, 2012 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | We only agree with articles 3, 8, and 10, and will not support this bill. Break up your proposals further into seprate bills if you want to pass more legislation. |
| Date | 15:58:02, November 16, 2012 CET | From | Land and Peoples' Choice Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | You previously agreed to this identical bill (minus railroad). Why the change? |
| Date | 16:34:50, November 16, 2012 CET | From | The Liber Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | How cynical of the LPCP! Trying to advance their conservative agenda by lumping more reasonable articles with more socially conservative ones. We urge the EGP not to settle for this paltry offering. |
| Date | 21:15:49, November 16, 2012 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | Becuase of the trains largely, few changes in the preposed bill the LPCP made last year were of import, but we need public transportation desperately, and with two fedralists in power, more local power can be achived without "lumping". |
| Date | 18:47:59, November 17, 2012 CET | From | Land and Peoples' Choice Party | To | Debating the Reforms to Solidify the Righteousness of the People |
| Message | We need deregulation of the train industry. You may vote for this if you choose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 72 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." - Winston Churchill |