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Bill: Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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: October 2183
Description[?]:
| The PUP pledges its loyalty to God, the Emperor and to progressive consensus politics. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Proposed: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Weapon concealment.
Old value:: Any legal weapon may be concealed when carried.
Current: Any legal weapon may be concealed when carried.
Proposed: Local governments may set and enforce concealed carry laws.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Current: The government leaves funding and operation of museums to local governments.
Proposed: The government gives monetary grants to organizations which have established or are looking to establish museums.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Current: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the state and regulated by the law.
Proposed: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:43:03, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | Article six is included due to the Dundorf situation. |
| Date | 17:31:57, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | While most of the articles are OK with us, Article 1 is an appeal to anarchy and Article 2 is a abomination in the eyes of God. So we can not vote "yes". |
| Date | 17:40:51, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | CP, we ask you to back up your statement. Back it up now, or withdraw it. |
| Date | 18:23:39, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | Well, we would've backed up our statements if you would have used a more polite tone. And it's the PUP's job, not yours, to ask us to back our attack on their manifesto. |
| Date | 18:56:10, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | Are you saying that adult workers are treated in an abominable manner, or objecting to paper boys being allowed to join trade unions and strike? |
| Date | 19:38:47, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | Actually, as a servent of the lord, it IS our duty to ask people to backup statements when in reguards to His view. With the other partys, we already know they stand against Him. |
| Date | 19:40:02, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Redneck Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | And we apoligize in our error. We ment Lord, not the disrespectful lowercase.. |
| Date | 21:27:38, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | No, all we say is that child labor should be much more regulated and not in the same way as adult labor. An example: you can limit the adults workday to, let's say, 10 hours, but the same regulation can not be applied to children. So, basically, what we say is that children who work should have not only all the rights and the legal protections enjoyed by adults, but also supplementary rights and protections; otherwise this measure is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, for it will mean nothing else than children exploitation. |
| Date | 14:59:00, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | (OOC: In the game child labor is not well defined. As far as the game is concerned, a paper route for an hour a day and a 40 hour per week factory job are both considered child labor. I believe (though am not sure) that all of us here are thinking about paper routes and not factories when we talk about it hehe). |
| Date | 22:09:28, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Progressive Unionist Manifesto of 2182 |
| Message | Well, if that is the case, then we can overlook the anarchist feel of Article 1 and vote for this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 435 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 145 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 65 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from being harmful. With small, limited government, it doesn't much matter who controls it, because it can't do you much harm." - Harry Browne |