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Bill: Harmonize the Education Act 2057
Details
Submitted by[?]: 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: July 2058
Description[?]:
| Nationalize all schools. |
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:59:23, May 26, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Harmonize the Education Act 2057 |
| Message | People should have the choice to pay for their education if they wish and can afford it, thereby relieve the state of that burden. |
| Date | 18:27:31, May 26, 2005 CET | From | To | Debating the Harmonize the Education Act 2057 |
| Message | In general, education is often given little funding by the government resulting in substandard education. Better to have people have the choice to more actively support it, as UB pointed out. |
| Date | 23:58:57, May 27, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Harmonize the Education Act 2057 |
| Message | In thaty case we create a class education system, where the rich can allow it themselves to have their children good school while the poor do not. Instead of this a-social measure we propose that the rich pay along for the education of everybody, including the poor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 142 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 258 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In general, role-play requires the consent of all players. |
| Random quote: "Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood." - Augusto Pinochet |