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Bill: Local Arts Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM RIP Tetragrammaton
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: August 2183
Description[?]:
| RIP suggests that the federal government should not dictate how much money a local government may want or not want to spend on local libraries and museums, but that those choices should be left up to said local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The government gives monetary grants to organizations which have established or are looking to establish museums.
Current: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves funding and operation of museums to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:39:12, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | What's wrong with providing the money? We aren't telling them how to run these institutions, we are providing them with the means by which to do so. They are permitted to have a library that meets their needs, and their museums aren't controlled directly by the government either; we just give monetary grants. |
| Date | 04:56:05, February 08, 2006 CET | From | AM RIP Tetragrammaton | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | Because large cities or towns may get disproportionate funding, and many small communities and town may generally not want these establishments. Why should they have to pay for other community libraries they do not use? A local library should be up to the locals. |
| Date | 05:06:44, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | AMA opposes this constant hail of dissolution. Culture is just ONE of the things, tht we believe is best protected by acting locally, but THINKING 'globally'. |
| Date | 05:19:10, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | We will support this. Culture is best preserved by the communities that create it. |
| Date | 19:20:34, February 08, 2006 CET | From | AM RIP Tetragrammaton | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | Removing these federal grants would only strengthen local support for the arts. We must not forget the culture of the individual regions. |
| Date | 19:25:47, February 08, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Local Arts Act |
| Message | We support. Government should be at the lowest level needed to implement policy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 227 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 273 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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