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Bill: Aid for the Right Reason
Details
Submitted by[?]: Moderate Beluzians
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: March 2165
Description[?]:
| Why should we benefit from the suffering of others? |
Proposals
Article 1
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 moderate aid to countries in need.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:13:16, December 31, 2005 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | We agree to this proposal. |
| Date | 18:17:44, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Free Christian Party | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | Tough One -- are we just giving aid because were good guys? That's OK. But what I don't want ot see is that aid coming back at us in the form of bullets or missles. etc. is there any way to guarantee that aid is not monetary but food and clothes and labor aid so that we don't get screwed by our own big hearts? |
| Date | 18:36:26, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | Actually, I first considering using the option "Aid only to those suffering from natural disasters" or something of the sort. But I thought this choice more fit the bill's intention. I truly understand your worry. I'm pretty sure our government is capable of resistricting its donations to food, goods, and labor. If this worry really concerns the populace I can change the bill to the aforementioned option. |
| Date | 23:16:41, December 31, 2005 CET | From | Free Christian Party | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | If you did I would certainly vote for it. |
| Date | 23:44:50, December 31, 2005 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | But, I would not. |
| Date | 02:07:03, January 01, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | Aid without profit is like AIDS. It dies an ugly and infectious death. You can't fight poverty by throwing money at it. Have you ever heard the saying: :give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, :teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. I say: :HIRE a man to fish for you... :and he has a future. Something better than fish in his life. He can watch TV. He can sleep in a heated home. He can eat well for christmas, like I did this year! Skrew yer commie handouts, which serve only the state! Moral business is the only answer! Profit for the People! |
| Date | 04:15:46, January 01, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | But to hire a man you have to have money. |
| Date | 20:41:47, January 01, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Aid for the Right Reason |
| Message | And I do! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 38 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 46 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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