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Bill: Our Two Point Plan
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers 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: January 4081
Description[?]:
| Our Two Point Plan is a bill composed of various reforms from different sectors of government as to improve the livelihood of the people and to ensure that various aspects of government and community will not be under the control of the rich. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:04, August 25, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Our Two Point Plan |
| Message | State which articles you like and which you you do not like and I will change it |
| Date | 16:58:13, August 25, 2016 CET | From | SLP-Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Our Two Point Plan |
| Message | Madam Speaker We can only support articles 6 and 8. We feel that most articles go too far in their objectives and would only hurt us in the long run. Article 2 only punishes people for living in more populated regions and gives the ability for less populated regions to decide laws for more populated regions. Article 3 will hurt our organ trade and cause a shortage of organs. Article 4 and article 5 basically destroy the tobacco industry in Beluzia. This not only hurts business but also hurts personal freedoms by allowing a few politicians to decide that you cannot smoke because it's unhealthy. Article 7 takes away a decision that local government really should be concerned with. Finally, article 9 makes any kind of government project much more difficult to do and will strain our budgets by forcing it to be planned around all private property. |
| Date | 18:48:46, August 25, 2016 CET | From | Regionalist Coalition | To | Debating the Our Two Point Plan |
| Message | Madam Speaker, We welcome the highly liberal and positive changes outlined in Articles 1, 3 and 9; as well as the much needed equality of regional representation proposed in Article 2. We do take exception, however to the removal of local government say over industrial hemp and nuclear power, as outlined in Articles 6 and 7. We believe these issues have considerable effects on the local environment, and it is right that citizens have local representation on this issue. I'm afraid we also regard with extreme distaste the affronts to our liberty proposed in Articles 4 and 5, with regard to smoking laws. Further, we could not accept forced closure of private schools, as proposed in Article 8. Discourage them, by all means, and improve our state education system - I believe Beluzia should pride itself on spectacular education of the next generation - however, banning private schools will simply mean private tutoring will continue in a more secretive manner, with much less regulation, endangering the education of children up and down the country. We can be flexible with regard to support for Article 10, assuming our concerns may be addressed on other issues. Sen. Graham Briant Deputy Leader of the New Liberal Party |
| Date | 01:38:34, August 26, 2016 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Our Two Point Plan |
| Message | Articles 1,3,9 will be included in a separate bill |
| Date | 15:50:44, August 26, 2016 CET | From | SLP-Libertarian Alliance | To | Debating the Our Two Point Plan |
| Message | Madam Speaker While we commend article 1, we cannot support the provisions on smoking. We feel that we should not be going on a crusade against tobacco. If people wish to do it, we should not be in the position of saying where and where not they can do it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 165 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 417 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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