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Bill: Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand
Details
Submitted by[?]: Friedrich Hayek Party
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: February 2168
Description[?]:
| "Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice." |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The state does not provide child benefit.
Article 2
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 applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Current: Only professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, fireworks are illegal to the general public.
Proposed: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Proposed: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Malpractice suits.
Old value:: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors only if death occurs.
Current: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors only if death occurs.
Proposed: Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 9
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: Nudity on television is banned.
Proposed: All sexually explicit material is allowed on television.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Women in the military.
Old value:: Women serve in segregated units.
Current: Women can only serve in non-battle positions.
Proposed: Women serve alongside men.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:23:41, January 06, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Prsakij Prta (Phalangists) | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | This is outragous, no subsidies for drugs? We let the poor die on their sick feet? Your removing all libraries? Where should the poor and old go to learn? They can't afford schooliing, they need some help. And the encouragement of smoking, amongst children, with no state medical services, and any subsidised drugs removed? FHP have shown themselves to be the disgusting and savage side of capitalism, your social darwinist policies cannot be good for Pontesians, we only hope the people wake up and elect a President from a party that doesn't intend for the poor to die off one cold night. |
| Date | 20:52:43, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Friedrich Hayek Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | Do poor people really go to libraries? Do they only go them and not schools? No. They can afford schooling as the government pays for them and they wouldnt learn all they need from school at library anyway. Your encouraging alcoholism with yours, so you can take the smoking thing and stick it. |
| Date | 21:05:38, January 06, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | we agree with Phalanx, though we aren't as "outraged." We understand FHP's position, but for the same reasons as Phalanx I side against this bill. |
| Date | 21:08:09, January 06, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | note although, The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied Women serve alongside men. All sexually explicit material is allowed on television. Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors. all hold significant intrest to our party and The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them. we can compromise on and will accept in certain bills |
| Date | 21:21:37, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Pnték Prsakij Prta (Phalangists) | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | FHP, why the rudeness? |
| Date | 21:45:18, January 06, 2006 CET | From | One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | We agree very much with FHP and ensure them that the Conservatives will support the passage of this bill so long as articles 4, 10, 8 and 2 are placed in a different bill. Remove 4 only because we've introduced an identical article before this bill was placed before the house. |
| Date | 21:59:44, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Four to Twelve | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | "Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice." For the priveleged few. |
| Date | 23:58:10, January 06, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | good post Nationalist, or THEM or whatever you are, Mr. Corpse. |
| Date | 00:02:04, January 07, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | It's like that debate of whether the zombie is a human undead because although it employs the rotten organs of the humanoid is not actually propelled by muscle tension and energy burning, but unholy beyondthegravity. So you could say that it is in fact just a screwed spatial phenomenon which happens to manifest on the human form once used in the distant past by an organism. Likewise I think the undead form of Four to Twelve is a just a screwed spatial phenomenon, so I think we should ignore him. Maybe not believing in him will make him go away. |
| Date | 01:40:13, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Friedrich Hayek Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | Rudeness because you are combining capitalism with nationalist and conservatism to try and move everyone away from capitalism and into regulation while you hog the capitalist vote, You continue to do that, i will do this, combine civil rights and progressiveness with capitalism, to move you away. I know how to play the game and i also dont forget what you and T.H.E.M did with your majority, hardly capitalist and more stalinist than anything |
| Date | 01:57:03, January 07, 2006 CET | From | One Nation Conservative Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | Here, here FHP, we are proud to serve alongside you in Government. |
| Date | 04:19:13, January 07, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | I thought you were talking about me for a minute FHP ......................^...^...... ......................0..0...... ........................O If you notice I've been moving gradually to regulator I was lazy-fair leaning then regulator leaning and now moderate regulator * (_ ^\ hehe just kidding |
| Date | 10:42:14, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Pnték Prsakij Prta (Phalangists) | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | FHP that hardly explains your rudeness, or why you feel the need to do it or why you do do it. |
| Date | 14:55:56, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Friedrich Hayek Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | How does it not explain why i need to do it or do do it? You try to move me away from capitalism by combining capitalism with hardline conservatism and nationalism i would not support so i combine capitalism with permissiveness and liberal social value you will not support.. Its simple really. |
| Date | 15:47:34, January 07, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied All sexually explicit material is allowed on television. Women serve alongside men. Malpractice suits may be brought against doctors. seem all appropriate to our party, but we aren't heavily into the rest of the bill. |
| Date | 23:13:35, January 07, 2006 CET | From |  Pnték Znkak Prta 'Bastardry' | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | Kurui disagrees with too much of this to cut the potential losses and will be voting against. |
| Date | 00:36:32, January 08, 2006 CET | From | THEM | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | FHP: that's how the game is played. Get over it. |
| Date | 00:51:28, January 08, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | 1NCON, please last minute sanity |
| Date | 00:52:53, January 08, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | How can two parties overturn 4? |
| Date | 00:53:10, January 08, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | okay that was whining |
| Date | 00:53:13, January 08, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | okay that was whining |
| Date | 00:53:34, January 08, 2006 CET | From | SeeYainHell Party | To | Debating the Capitalism & Civil Rights - Hand in Hand |
| Message | okay that was me pressing backspace |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 43 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 41 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "Hunger makes a thief of any man." - Pearl S. Buck |