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Bill: Freiheitgesetz II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Wirtschaftliche Autonomie Partei
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 3575
Description[?]:
| With the failure of our last bill to pass, we are not discouraged. We have seen the weak resolve and duplicity of the Liberals in their willingness to form a government with socialists and moral fascists, yet we are not discouraged. We have lost seats, true, but still we are not discouraged. We are just as strongly devoted to our vision of a union built on enterprise free from government intervention as we always have been. We will continue our struggle in the face of Liberal defeatism and leftist obstruction. Here is our latest omnibus bill, dealing with military, health, and economic issues; we hope it is suitably comprehensive. Gott Segne Kapitalismus. Sächsin Pfennigbaler Party Leader |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Child Labour Treaty.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government only funds abortions for medical emergencies.
Current: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Proposed: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Civil defence is the government's policy on providing shelters to be used in the event of attacks on major cities, mainly nuclear attacks and bombing.
Old value:: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: Local authorities are responsible for building and maintaining shelters.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 15
Current: 20
Proposed: 0
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 11
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: There is no requirement to disclose GM ingredients, or chemicals used in agrigulture or processing.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation maintains no intelligence agency.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The age at which a person is considered an adult (limited between 12 and 24).
Old value:: 18
Current: 18
Proposed: 16
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change National military policy.
Old value:: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Current: The nation retains a full time, professional army, navy and air force.
Proposed: The government subcontracts semi-military control to private groups.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change The policy with respect to nuclear weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, produce and store nuclear arms.
Current: The nation shall never develop, produce or store nuclear weaponry.
Proposed: The nation shall never produce or store nuclear weaponry for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change Government's position on paramilitaries.
Old value:: Paramilitaries are illegal and the recognized government may intervene freely to stop any possible activity.
Current: Paramilitaries are allowed but are heavily regulated by the government.
Proposed: Paramilitaries are allowed with full privileges, with the right to intervene when necessary.
Article 20
Proposal[?] to change The official title of subnational entities, also known as regions.
Old value:: Crownland
Current: Region/Chiiki
Proposed: Freiheitdistrikt
Article 21
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Current: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Proposed: Equal representation, regardless of region population.
Article 22
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 65
Current: 62
Proposed: 75
Article 23
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:58:58, November 12, 2013 CET | From |  Wirtschaftliche Autonomie Partei | To | Debating the Freiheitgesetz II |
| Message | Let History absolve us; let the Free Market triumph. This debate is now open. |
| Date | 04:03:29, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Partei Rechtsstaatlicher | To | Debating the Freiheitgesetz II |
| Message | Herr Präsident,, History is unlikely to absolve this bill of anything, save perhaps if, thousands of years from now, aliens suspect there was once intelligent life on this planet, in which case they will find this as evidence for the negative. Oswald Chiyo Haase Party Leader |
| Date | 09:31:36, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Freiheitgesetz II |
| Message | Moral fascists, Herr Präsident? Since when is Hosian Democracy and Septembrism a form of Fascism? I resent that the member has the courtesy to reference the Social Democrats by their own name while hurling abuse at my party. I suspect, even, that he begrudges Frau Nishimura the victory she won because the people concluded we were more trustworthy than his party. Herr Job Strumpfe (HDV - Neunvossental und Weissjoch) HDV Backbencher (OOC: Strumpfe is a bit more right-wing and conservative, also a bit knee-jerk, than the rest of the HDV) |
| Date | 18:14:55, November 12, 2013 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Freiheitgesetz II |
| Message | OOC: Is there any chance we could possibly agree on putting an end to these omnibus bills? They make defining one's political positions so much harder... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 141 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 502 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The influence a bill has on elections decreases over time, until it eventually is no longer relevant. This can explain shifts in your party's position to the electorate and your visibility. |
| Random quote: The Wolfsheim Virus is not a real actual disease in the conventional medical sense of the term. Rather, it is a cluster of symptoms which are just part of the general socio-economic disease that is capitalism. The main symptoms the sufferers are experiencing are a direct result of capitalist poverty, as in malnutrition, poor housing and so on, combined with psycho-somatic symptoms which are a direct consequence of the contradictions and stresses which are inherent to the capitalist system. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |