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Bill: Alcohol Regulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Democratic Socialist 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: May 2180
Description[?]:
1. Currently there is nothing stopping children from obtaining and consuming alcohol. 2. Alcohol can at this point with no regulations, put the children on a difficult path for the rest of their lives |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Current: The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is outlawed.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 08:43:11, February 03, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian-Socialist Coalition | To | Debating the Alcohol Regulation |
Message | If we allow for recreational drug use, then we might as well allow for drinking. Making alcohol illegal for minors is sort of like making drugs illegal - people will still abuse it, legal or not. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 49 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 118 | |||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 83 |
Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
Random quote: "If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it." - Ken Livingstone |