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Bill: Public Works Act 2183
Details
Submitted by[?]: RSDP - Democratic Front
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: December 2183
Description[?]:
| An Act to allow the government to seize private property, with a compensation set by the owner, for vital public works. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:18:02, February 10, 2006 CET | From |   Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | How about sending your other fucking bills to vote that i pointed out! |
| Date | 10:18:11, February 10, 2006 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | Instead of spam with no debate |
| Date | 10:38:42, February 10, 2006 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | The RFP believes in the right to own private property and, in principle, opposes restrictions on that right. |
| Date | 17:28:47, February 10, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | Surely, if the owner is allowed to set the compensation, no one is denying him the right to own private property. The owner determines the price, not the Government. |
| Date | 18:03:47, February 10, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | Being forced to sell something is not compatible with a right to ownership, regardless of the price. |
| Date | 21:41:15, February 10, 2006 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Public Works Act 2183 |
| Message | Being denied hospitals or similar facilities because of one stubborn asshole, dying because you couldn't make it to another hospital in time,... Is that not inconsistent with the very concept of rights? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 217 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Law is mind without reason." - Aristotle |