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Bill: Positive Action Reform
Details
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 3975
Description[?]:
| This reform will help minorities to get jobs. It will encourage businesses to employ people from minorities. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:29:13, January 27, 2016 CET | From | Liberale Sociaal Democraten | To | Debating the Positive Action Reform |
| Message | The LSD is a liberal party, just like the rest of you are all supposed to be. Have you not noticed that our country is already more liberal than most other countries in Terra? Women are equal to men in this society, which is something the LSD applaudes. Reckless laws like this one put this fragile balance in danger. I suggest that you gentlemen learn some more about this country before you share your ignorant view of unnecessary political correctness with the rest of this country, since the tolerance and openness of the Darnussian and Narik peoples is a known fact throughout Terra , and thus corrupting it with the inequality we all wish to fight against. Please rethink your decision to vote yes. (OOC: my claim that we're a liberal country is supported by the Cultural protocol of this country. Please vote like you're someone from the actual state of Darnussia and Narikaton. Leave your real life opinions in the real world. |
| Date | 16:07:43, January 27, 2016 CET | From | Utopia | To | Debating the Positive Action Reform |
| Message | Please check the meaning of Positive action in the dictionary. This bill will encourage companies to employ minorities that might be discriminated. This law was in place until you've removed it, it helped immigrants and other ethnic groups to get jobs. This bill is a much less radical version of the previous "compulsory quotes". |
| Date | 18:13:40, January 27, 2016 CET | From | Social Democrats of Darnussia | To | Debating the Positive Action Reform |
| Message | Well, there are groups who get discriminated and these groups need help of course. But we also see that this would restrict the freedom of the employers at chosing the employees. This is not meant to be against minorities but this is also a point. To this we think that people from discriminated groups wouldn't become happy with a company which discriminates such people but must employ them (bullying and so on) because you don't change the thinking of the people with that. We should do more against this discrimination then - This could help better or at least as good as this bill. Maybe also both. So, there is a pro and a contra but it deapends on ''how it could be''. At this moment we would stay abstain. |
| Date | 20:57:14, January 27, 2016 CET | From | Utopia | To | Debating the Positive Action Reform |
| Message | Agree. That's why this bill says that it will encourage employers, it won't force them. |
| Date | 22:31:43, January 27, 2016 CET | From | Liberale Sociaal Democraten | To | Debating the Positive Action Reform |
| Message | Encouraging goes too far already. There's no need for these kinds of bills in this nation. Everyone should be treated equally, making life easier for minorities and women only creates inequality for the others. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 79 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 121 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "An independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics." - Adlai Stevenson |