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Bill: (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3.
Details
Submitted by[?]: LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty
Status[?]: passed
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: October 2169
Description[?]:
| A Bill That We Do Not Expect To Pass And Therefore Will Include Things That We Would Not Otherwise Include Part 3. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Current: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the national government.
Article 3
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 any reason.
Article 4
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 nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Proposed: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change International media content regulation.
Old value:: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Current: International media content undergoes the same regulation as domestic media content.
Proposed: International media content is free from regulation
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on public nudity.
Old value:: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Current: Public nudity is illegal, but private nudist colonies and beaches are permitted.
Proposed: There are no laws with regards to public nudity, it is allowed.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Current: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national police department, funded by the government.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Article 14
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 15
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Article 18
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 | 05:17:31, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | Not happy with 40 seats? Why not create these bills individually? Some might actually pass. |
| Date | 07:03:48, January 07, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | Yes, please stop creating these bills. |
| Date | 05:48:12, January 10, 2006 CET | From | Moderate Beluzians | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | I wonder if this would work: We all vote to pass this. Therefore, we all gain the benefit from voting for a bill that passes. We possibly receive extra seats because of the breadth of changes. Then we create bills to change the parts we disagree with. Sound good? |
| Date | 08:11:39, January 10, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | ooc: I am not going to ruin the entire point of this game to "win". If TSP's bills are disruptive and unfair, we need to make it more clear to him. If he won't listen, we complain on the forum and to the mods. Under no circumstance am I going to vote for this crap however. |
| Date | 17:23:09, January 10, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | OOC: These bills are not disruptive and unfair, they are allow by the game's rules. |
| Date | 20:19:41, January 10, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | ooc: they seem to give you an advantage which makes the game less fun. If everyone except you feels that way we can either slowly fade away (like PAL), you can stop doing it, or we can complain and get a rule made. Those are the options as I see it. |
| Date | 16:48:37, January 11, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the (ABTWDNETPATWITTWWNOI) Part 3. |
| Message | This PASSED?!? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 40 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 37 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
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