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Bill: Foreign Openness Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Moderate Social Liberal Movement
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 3403
Description[?]:
| We at The Moderate Social Liberal Movement think that a tolerant policy towards foreign nations will benefit Likationia. If we get a tolerant policy towards foreign nations will benefit Likatonias relations to other nations, which will result in: More trading options. Better advertisment for Likatonia. Give Likatonia a better reputation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Current: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Proposed: The nation does not issue passports to any nationals, except on specific authorisation of the Foreign Minister.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 3
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 imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:23:13, November 29, 2012 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Foreign Openness Act |
| Message | Article 1 effectively eliminates any foreign travel by our citizens, as they cannot be admitted into another country without a passport. Articles 2 and 4 drastically increase the cost of running a government with no visible benefits. Article 3 could lead to tariffs being imposed on Likatonian goods without any means for our government to retaliate. Article 5 would be wonderful if we lived in a safe and sane world. Unfortunately, we do not. Therefore, we must dissent. |
| Date | 09:59:06, November 29, 2012 CET | From | Moderate Social Liberal Movement | To | Debating the Foreign Openness Act |
| Message | As i'm not a english citezen, in real life, I misunderstood the first article, but we in The Moderate Social Liberal Movement will make a new bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 235 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "A dictatorship is a country where they have taken the politics out of politics." - Sam Himmell |