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Bill: Culture Act 3519
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive 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: September 3519
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that artistic institutions be subsidised by the government. Only a soulless nation would do things according to utility alone, and not appreciate the profound importance of art. We believe that the culture of our nation is valuable, and ought to be supported by the governmnent. Adrian Mendiola DPP Chair |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Art subsidies
Old value:: The government never subsidises art, but may commission artworks for its own use.
Current: The government subsidises artistic institutions such as art schools and galleries, but does not subsidise individual artists.
Proposed: The government subsidises artistic institutions such as art schools and galleries, but does not subsidise individual artists.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:25:36, July 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | OOC: That should say DPP Vice Chair. |
| Date | 12:21:29, July 22, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, the modern artistic elite can surely raise enough money for its often obscurantist projects from its wealthy donors. They do not need to plunder taxpayers not interested in their activities. Takeshi Shimoto MP Member for Elbian RFR Spokesman for Education and Culture |
| Date | 12:49:30, July 22, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | OOC: God, you must have pissed off one shitload of people by saying that. |
| Date | 13:00:04, July 22, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | OOC: Yes, indeed. But to be honest, that's what I believe in RL as well. I hate contemporary art and the pseudo-intellectual psychopaths who consider themselves so superior that they are above market laws and believe that government should wipe their powdered bums with taxpayer-earned dollar bills even though no sane mind would look at their nonsense work voluntarily. |
| Date | 11:06:32, July 23, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | OOC: I know you believe that IRL - I do too. But (in public at least), I'd put it rather more mildly. |
| Date | 12:37:11, July 23, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Culture Act 3519 |
| Message | OOC: Whatever, I doubt the left-wing artistic avantgarde has ever been the primary voter base of the RFR. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 138 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 238 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 23 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: On 7th February 4281 a group of renowned Metzist experts from all across Terra met in Haldor to form the International Committee for the Estimation of the End Date of Capitalism (ICEEDC). With the assistance of a powerful computer, they calculated that capitalism will terminate Terra-wide on 6th November 4320, and in Dorvik on April 17th 4310. We have no reason whatsoever to believe these very eminent and learned scholars are wrong. They have never been wrong about anything before. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |