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Bill: Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian 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: June 2177
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS it is incumbent upon the government of our fair land to adopt policies which enhance the economic prosperity of our citizens AND there are a number of poorer nations who could benifit from our economic intervention to raise their standards of living; THEREFORE the Radical Libertarian Party wishes to link the level of foreign aid given to a country to the trade status of said country, thereby giving our industries preferential treatment to balance the cost of providing this aid. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:54:07, January 23, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid |
| Message | Delos D. Harriman, our Candidate Minister for Trade and Industry, offers this bill for the consideration of the Convocation: "We have here an unprecedented oportunity to help both our poorer neighbors and our own industry. By opening increased trade with these countries, they get the advantages of our superior products, while our own people get greater employment at home, thereby increasing our own standard of living while increasing that of the receipient nation as well." |
| Date | 18:04:50, January 23, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid |
| Message | The Anakrousite faction opposes, as they ALWAYS have, and ALWAYS will, this charlatan attempt at philanthropy. It is immoral, unjust, and just plain wrong, to use the misfortunes and calamities that befall another nation, to 'earn an extra buck' out of them. "Ah, man... A tsunami? Killed half your population, levelled all your houses, and left you without food? That's a bummer.... Tell you what, we'll GIVE you some food. But... only if you agree to buy our chosen brand of Cola beverage".... |
| Date | 18:08:38, January 23, 2006 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid |
| Message | JLP asks, why don't we just invade the poor nation and make the citizenry our slaves? |
| Date | 19:33:58, January 23, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid |
| Message | Hmn... RLP makes a good point... |
| Date | 00:10:39, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Foreign Aid - Domestic Aid |
| Message | Ultimately this would enable us to supply even more foriegn aid for less. We support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 353 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 147 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The grey space in the east is populated by the forum-based countries, known in-game as the former colonies or the "Third World". These countries are managed by the Third World Coordinator but players can request control of individual countries in the Third World Control Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8302 |
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