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Bill: (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2
Details
Submitted by[?]: LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty
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 2165
Description[?]:
| A Bill That We Do Not Expect To Pass And Therefore Will Include Things That We Would Not Otherwise Include Part 2. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 2
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:: Every public building is required to feature provisions for civil defence and at least 50% of spaces must be allocated to private citizens.
Current: The government builds and maintains a network of shelters across the nation.
Proposed: The government makes no provision for civil defence.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Current: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Proposed: The victim of eminent domain determines just compensation.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors are not allowed to invest in national companies.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Current: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Proposed: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: There are quotas based on nationality to determine how many foreigners may reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Current: Only those born to nationals become nationals.
Proposed: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Displays of public affection and obscenity laws.
Old value:: Sexual intercourse is illegal in public.
Current: Sexual intercourse is illegal in public.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding obscene public acts.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: Recreational drug use is forbidden.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, but they are strictly regulated.
Current: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Article 20
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding sexually explicit material on broadcast television.
Old value:: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Current: Sexually explicit material is allowed, but violent or hard core pornography is banned.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Article 21
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Article 22
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Article 23
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Article 24
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Current: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Proposed: No forms of direct discipline are allowed.
Article 25
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Article 26
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:09:14, December 28, 2005 CET | From | Free Christian Party | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | LOL -- reaction to me huh? |
| Date | 23:18:48, December 28, 2005 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | No, this is an annual event to gain votes. |
| Date | 23:44:04, December 28, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | boo, I like some and not others. Did you know voters prefer parties who actually WIN votes? For example, what is satanic child sacrifice doing on the same bill as industrial nationalisation? |
| Date | 04:32:11, December 30, 2005 CET | From | Free Christian Party | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | Question -- how does the game system work as far as success or failure of a bill and a party's populairty? It seems that you would gain if your winning (a.k.a. getting things done) or taking a stand on certian issues in a way no one else is (filling a need role as a party). |
| Date | 05:05:53, December 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | ooc: It wants you #1 to be active (voting on bills), #2 to be writing bills that win, and #3 to be writing bills the public (or a region) agrees w. If you don't agree w the public (like I often don't) then its best not to be too visable (according to a recent note I read at the bottom of the screen). You can always ask on the forum. Just so you know, I play to have fun, not to win votes, so my focus is on debate, and roleplaying my party to the utmost. Glad to have you, Jack |
| Date | 16:17:13, December 30, 2005 CET | From | Free Christian Party | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | Understood. Part of my roleplaying is to also be victorious. ;-) So when this does nto pass does this mena the Tax and Spend Party is going ot gain visibility in an area they don't need ot be visible in? |
| Date | 23:03:09, December 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | probably not. They will prbably gain visability in an area they DO want to be visable in |
| Date | 23:03:41, December 30, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | (but they'll still be a loser :P |
| Date | 01:15:29, December 31, 2005 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | Probably not. |
| Date | 04:04:49, January 02, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 2 |
| Message | And now, vote no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 17 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 48 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
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