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Bill: Omnibus Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royalist 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 4180
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, We propose this omnibus bill. Within are contained ten proposals that we believe would put this country one step forward and not one step backwards. We combine free-market economics with progressive values and search for the best deal for all inhabitants of Luthori. I yield, George Palmerston |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: No DNA is recorded.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Current: Abortion policies are established by local governments
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the use of land mines by the army.
Old value:: The use of land mines is allowed.
Current: The use of land mines is prohibited.
Proposed: The use of land mines is allowed but restricted.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Right to privacy.
Old value:: The government has the right to monitor information of individuals without letting them know.
Current: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Proposed: Individuals have a right to privacy, but the courts can force individuals to give information on certain matters if needed. (also known as Habeas Data).
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: Recognized religions are not taxed.
Current: No religions are taxed.
Proposed: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Proposed: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Current: Child benefit policies are left to local governments.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:59:37, March 13, 2017 CET | From | Hosian Nationalists Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | This bill is nothing more than an liberal agenda being forced into the citizens of Luthori. It should be shot down without any discussion at all. |
| Date | 20:04:47, March 13, 2017 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I reject the notion that it is as you call it a 'liberal' agenda. It is an agenda that combines both the good parts of the socialists and conservatives. Currently our citizen aren't protected against a big government, especially one that is spying on them. That's why in this bill are included proposals that will stop the government spying on our citizen without any restrictions. Moreover it allows more freedom to our citizens. We allow them to choose about their OWN lives and not let the government force it upon them. If anything is being forced upon the citizens of Luthori, it is the current social agenda of this government. We moreover offer everyone a voluntary pension, which only underlines our freedom-loving proposals. We also limit spending, which can help boost the economy. I yield, George Palmerston |
| Date | 21:59:57, March 13, 2017 CET | From | Luthori Right Party | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The term "spying" is incorrect in term of government surveillance. This surveillance is necessary in any government that wishes to survive in any kind of perpetuity, as the average citizen is simply not to be trusted with these kinds of decisions on their own. The ideas of individualism and humanism poison the obvious priority of the state over the individual. The freedom of the individual cannot put in jeopardy the welfare of the state. I yield, Shaka Zulu |
| Date | 22:45:59, March 13, 2017 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Could the honorable gentleman of the Luthori Right Party clarify what he means with the words "decisions on their own". What decisions should the government know you're taking? What you are searching on the internet, what you're typing on your computer, what you're watching on tv, what you're writing to your parents or children? Isn't there a line we as parliament should draw? Our party believes there is and draws that line perfectly clear. I also don't get what you quite mean in regards to euthanasia or abortion. How is it in the welfare of the state if men and women who don't want to live anymore look for more violent options instead of euthanasia? Or women who want their embryo removed and search for less safe option, whereby they can also jeopardize their own health and wellbeing. I think it's clear that it's safer and more permissive if we allow women and men to make their own decisions. I yield, George Madison |
| Date | 00:16:06, March 14, 2017 CET | From | United Luthori | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, United Luthori will vote against this totally uncalled-for amalgamation of an agenda. If the Liberal Democrats wish to overturn Luthori's laws on surveillance, they will have to repeal, with a 2/3 majority, the Security Services Act of 4164 (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=504714) and the Surveillance and Data Collection Act of 4164 (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=504846). These resolutions, along with other laws currently in place, can be found in the Imperial Archives (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=496733), which is managed by the Ministry of Education and Culture. I will also add that the Liberal Democrats' position on religion is a hair short of revolutionary. Luthori is, has been, and always will be a strongly Hosian nation that believes in a natural order that governs us all. To attempt to attack the Church of Luthori and treat it as just another taxable corporate entity is degrading and disrespectful to the millions who are faithful, and to the millions who are not, yet who continue to respect the institution and the role it has played throughout the centuries upon centuries of our nation's proud history. I yield. Rt Hon. Christopher Holt MD Prime Minister United Luthori (Sandulka Center) |
| Date | 14:04:58, March 14, 2017 CET | From | Royalist Party | To | Debating the Omnibus Bill |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We're not at all trying to attack the Church of Luthori and we're very proud of our nation's history and the role the church has played in it. A church nowadays is nothing more than a company. It gets money from its costumers (those who are members of the church), pays its employees (pastors) and should therefore pay its fair share. I yield, George Palmerston |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 517 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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