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Bill: The National Service Program Act of 4117
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti des Frères Lourenne
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: February 4118
Description[?]:
| Friends, May you experience Peace in this Year. The Purposes of the National Service Program 1. We wish to establish national civilian service in Lourenne. 2. The goal of the National Service Program should be to require some degree of service in the civilian sector from all able bodied citizens. 3. The National Government should set up a program designed a) to alleviate unemployment wherever it exists, b) to reduce poverty in the population, c) to teach skills to young people which will allow them to become effective employees, and d) to make it possible for the people of Lourenne to contribute to the health and wellbeing of Lourenne, promoting use of its protected spaces and building a stake for all people in the maintenance of our land. 4. National Service should focus on the conservation and responsible use of Lourenne's protected lands and on Lourenne's capital infrastructure, such as its roads, trails, national parks, railroads and telecommunication infrastructure. 5. All members who serve in the National Service Program should be compensated at the same scale as the military, and should be housed in comfortable and safe housing where possible, though it should be understood that more rustic dwellings may be necessary when members are temporarily serving far from settled areas. They should also be entitled to the same benefits and gradation of pay that the military are. The NSP will be under the authority of the Interior Minister, who shall appropriate money necessary to adequately fund the program. The NSP may be abolished by a simple majority of the National Council. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Current: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Proposed: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:33:53, November 07, 2016 CET | From | Parti Unifié des Travailleurs | To | Debating the The National Service Program Act of 4117 |
| Message | Unlike your other bits of idealist folly, the PSU can support this proposal. |
| Date | 02:59:12, November 08, 2016 CET | From | Parti des Frères Lourenne | To | Debating the The National Service Program Act of 4117 |
| Message | Is there anything that our Friends in the PSU would like to add to the bill? |
| Date | 03:28:18, November 08, 2016 CET | From | Parti Unifié des Travailleurs | To | Debating the The National Service Program Act of 4117 |
| Message | Nope |
| Date | 07:38:23, November 10, 2016 CET | From | Parti des Frères Lourenne | To | Debating the The National Service Program Act of 4117 |
| Message | Please understand, we meant to vote for this. I am not sure why our votes were not cast for this bill, but for the record, we add our six votes ex post facto into the bill. Thank you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 51 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." - Gandhi |