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Bill: Privatized Education Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Party of Valruzia
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: September 2179
Description[?]:
| Liberty is based on the non-agression principle and opposes any form of coercion. A government monopoly on education which enforces its views of things onto unwilling citizens, is, therefore, a violation of liberty. Should we not let our people choose their destiny? Should we lessen the burdensome educational budget for our people? Shouldn't we protect our people's true liberty, not this form of "positive" liberty which masquerades under the guise of freedom when it is truly tyranny. Create a market for the schools, and we shall drive down the costs of private schools, remove federal burdens, and with vouchers to help the disadvantaged, we can allow our people to learn the true facts - not what the government decides to censor. The process of privatization shall begin in more wealthy areas with poorer areas privatizing after (and given more aid obviously) until the system has been integrated into the market, where a standard voucher system shall remain. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education tuition policy.
Old value:: The government fully subsidizes tuition.
Current: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Proposed: The government subsidizes tuition only for students from families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:48:50, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Restoration Party | To | Debating the Privatized Education Bill |
| Message | hmmm...we may be tempted. facny a trade Yes to restoration! yes to vouchers?!?!?!?! |
| Date | 21:33:51, January 31, 2006 CET | From | Radical League | To | Debating the Privatized Education Bill |
| Message | We shall support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 88 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 45 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 68 |
| Random fact: If there are no parties in your nation with seats, feel free to visit the forum and request an early election on the Early Election Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4362 |
| Random quote: "When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick.'" - Mikhail Bakunin |