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Bill: A Better Aloria Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Reform Party
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: October 2172
Description[?]:
| For a better Aloria, ready for anything. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling can be required in times of war to serve a term in the military.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if victory is not feasibile by other means.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Proposed: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:10:12, January 16, 2006 CET | From |  Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | A bit extreme but it will send a message to the pacifists... |
| Date | 16:11:13, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Try to make 2 only in times of war. Article 1 is probably not needed. What about instead having nukes only if victory is not feasible by any other means? |
| Date | 16:13:22, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | SRP: see IRC |
| Date | 16:21:14, January 16, 2006 CET | From |  Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | What message is this sending to the pacifists? |
| Date | 16:23:43, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Better, SRP. AGSP, it sends a message that despite how hard you try, Aloria will still have an army. Power to the Alorians! |
| Date | 16:27:39, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Social Reform Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Cleaned up a bit. Devolution and militarism for a better Aloria. Pretty simple. |
| Date | 16:35:20, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | For Aloria! |
| Date | 16:38:45, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | This is terrible, is the SRP Liberal Democratic or not? |
| Date | 16:39:51, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | You're a militarist, we're pacifist. You want to set up a military state, we want freedom and equality. Which one is the fascist? Go on. answer properly. |
| Date | 16:47:21, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | We don't want to set up a military state. We want our options open to defend ourselves. We would never attack, only defend. |
| Date | 16:50:35, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Social Reform Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | "This is terrible, is the SRP Liberal Democratic or not?" Liberal democrats can believe in having an army, you know. "You're a militarist, we're pacifist. You want to set up a military state, we want freedom and equality. Which one is the fascist? Go on. answer properly." So, you want equality and freedom. We want to defend equality and freedom. |
| Date | 16:54:33, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Oh come on. First off, I don't think that those who want to restrict the companies and environment (green socialists) are defending the economic freedom or the freedom of those in the affected companies. Second off, we need some defense. |
| Date | 17:09:38, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Not to this extent.. |
| Date | 17:15:13, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Where's the line drawn, then? Each party has their own platform. Most want freedoms, just have a different definition of it. |
| Date | 18:33:00, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Yup.. |
| Date | 21:43:05, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Exactly why there's different parties. Not everyone's alike. It's a representative republic. So if people feel that my party best matches them, they'll vote for me. If they feel that your party best matches them, they'll vote for you. That tends to be how things go. |
| Date | 23:59:38, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Alright. We might win. We just need one more party. Come on, Drache! |
| Date | 01:30:34, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Aloria Green Socialist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | A republic! Different parties! You should practice what you preach... |
| Date | 02:52:40, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Well, I'm sorry that voting doesn't have 10 options... |
| Date | 04:21:22, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | We find it disgusting that you would include a pro-military section in an otherwise halfway decent piece of legislation. |
| Date | 05:56:52, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Well, if everyone else didn't kill debate, then perhaps there'd be debate and we'd all be happy. Generally debate is nowadays during vote or whoever's lucky enough to see the bill being made and suggest things. |
| Date | 06:04:49, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the A Better Aloria Act |
| Message | Oh, loss by 10 seats. This will be reproposed if there's any seat gains. If not by SRP, by the ICP... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 290 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 310 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead." - Morton C. Blackwell |