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Bill: C. H. Douglas Social Credit Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Credit Farm Labor Union
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 3869
Description[?]:
| Preventing unlicensed banks and their employees from initiating civil actions |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Current: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Current: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Current: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:56:06, July 01, 2015 CET | From |  Moderation | To | Debating the C. H. Douglas Social Credit Act |
| Message | OOC: Under section 3 of the Rules of the Game (see http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5519 ) we are not meant to use the names of prominent real-life personalities in Particracy. In this regard, the title of this bill is problematic (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._H._Douglas for more information on the real-life C.H. Douglas and his Social Credit movement). The "Social Credit" reference is fine, but no more mention of C.H. Douglas, please! Cheers, Aquinas (Moderation) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 77 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 293 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "You can only progress when you think big, you can only move forward when you look further." - Arria Ivmarus, former Selucian politician |