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Bill: End Mandatory Recycling
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal-Progressive Union
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: April 2185
Description[?]:
| Imposing mandatory recycling on the people and industry is a violation of the liberties of our people. The amount of money that the government spends on the current recycling policy is not worth the limited gains it receives, nor is it worth violating the civil liberties of the people by enforcing this policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:22:45, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the End Mandatory Recycling |
| Message | It violates the right of individuals... how? |
| Date | 16:38:08, February 12, 2006 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the End Mandatory Recycling |
| Message | By "enforcing mandatory recycling for residents" the individuals right to choose to recycle is replaced by the government decides for the individual that they must recycle. The government deciding for the individual what they must do is a violation of individual rights. |
| Date | 19:07:26, February 12, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the End Mandatory Recycling |
| Message | "The amount of money that the government spends on the current recycling policy is not worth the limited gains it receives" - As well as the environmental benefits recycling reduces the amount of money needed for waste disposal and the government can sell the collected products to recoup some of the expenses. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 93 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 248 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 59 |
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