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Bill: Slashing Green Tape
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National 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 3470
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, the unscientific eco-fetish of the hippie lobby has inflicted grave and persistent damage to the prosperity of Dranish businesses. We must lift burdens on our businesses by radically cutting green tape and allowing businesses, especially small ones who find it especially hard to comply with the loads of regulation the government has imposed on them, to thrive again. We must also reverse the large expropriation projects initiated by the left-wing, which has stripped thousands of farmers of their forest land and handed it over to fat cat state bureaucrats who have no idea of their demands. Marco Cervantes MP Member for Valdor GNP Ecology Spokesman |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:07:26, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Conservative Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we oppose Articles 1 & 2. Article 2 would be especially damaging, allowing irresponsible companies to pollute our towns and cities without consequence. Perhaps if Marco Cervantes had experience of living in a pollution smog, he would better understand the need for pollution controls. As for Article 3, the DCP is committed to GM farming in principle, although we would like a broad public consensus in favour before pressing forwards with this. President Rafael Duvalle |
| Date | 20:12:07, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr Speaker, if we enforce property rights effectively, companies will have to pay for the damage caused to other person's grounds and health. This will provide an incentive to businesses to keep pollution to a minimum, but again that would require strict law enforcement, with regards to which the governing parties do not have a proud legacy. As for Article 3, we take note that once again the President chooses appeasement to the anti-science crusaders at DAL over common sense and economic liberty. Marco Cervantes MP Member for Valdor GNP Ecology Spokesman |
| Date | 20:12:23, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | OOC: Damn, I'm still writing 'GNP'... |
| Date | 20:18:08, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Conservative Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we could support reducing the severity of Dranland's current pollution controls, because they are at present excessive. However, we cannot contemplate abolishing them altogether, and I don't think Marco Cervantes has come up with any feasible alternative. How much would he like to be financially compensated for a company to open a factory next door to him which pollutes the lungs of his sons and daughters and causes them to die prematurely? President Rafael Duvalle |
| Date | 20:22:36, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr Speaker, in this case we should encourage those suffering from the polluting to file lawsuits against the respective company to prevent them from infringing their right to self-ownership and property. As soon as a precedent has been set by the jurisdiction, we can conclude that future ventures will seek to utilize cleaner forms of energy generation. Marco Cervantes MP Member for Valdor RFR Ecology Spokesman |
| Date | 20:25:37, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Conservative Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Marco Cervantes ignores the fact that not everybody can afford lawyers, and not everybody is even comfortable about using the legal process. Dranland has to have pollution controls; there is no other reasonable or humane option. President Rafael Duvale |
| Date | 20:29:20, April 14, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Slashing Green Tape |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it doesn't matter if 'anyone' can afford lawyers, it is enough if one person is able to do so and bravely challenges the polluters. It's all about setting a precedent as I have outlined. Marco Cervantes MP Member for Valdor RFR Ecology Spokesman |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 91 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 243 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 65 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
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