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Bill: Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive 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: March 2188
Description[?]:
| We propose to allow all refugees into Likatonia and propose to aid them in their integration into Likatonian society through immigrant education centers and job training and placement programs. There will be no transfer payments (for example, a minimum income) as a part of this plan. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:02:56, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | We will fully back this. Compassion is the cornerstone to our caring society. |
| Date | 17:24:17, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | How do the Progressive Party suggest we fund this 'hand-out' program? |
| Date | 20:07:44, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | Tax revenues from all these refugees will eventually give us a return on our investment. We see Likatonia as a beacon of human achievement. Our education system produces some of the best and brightest minds in Terra, and we don't have a doubt that refugees who wish to come here love this country and would work their hardest to be able to stay here. |
| Date | 20:25:29, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | But they should still have to qualify for citizneship as the other immigrants have to. |
| Date | 20:30:56, February 16, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | The current budget of 20,000,000,000 LIK for Education and Culture and 15,000,000,000 LIK for Health and Social Services should be able to absorb the temporary increases sought for in this bill; if not we are running a annual surplus of 2,820,497,158 LIK which could be transfered to either of these ministries upon provable need. |
| Date | 05:11:18, February 17, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | The AM AAP agrees that, on the surface, it looks like we can absorb immigrants. The AM AAP further agrees that many immigrants will later become productive members of Likatonian society. However, that isn't the situation we see here. We are talking, here, about unregulated immigration of 'refugees'.... and yet, it appears that other nationalities can now claim 'refugee' status.... for no reason. And, if they do... we allow them free and open access, AND financial incentive. This is not the same as allowing 'genuine' refugees (i.e. those that are seeking 'refuge' from a cataclysmic event, or some form of oppression) in.... this is opening our borders to ANY citizen of ANY nation, who thinks he or she might be able to get a better pay packet in Likatonia. And, when they get here, we are going to pay for their schooling, too? 35 Billion LIK of Education and Social funding, is not going to last long once it has to deal with the entire Likatonian need, AND open borders. |
| Date | 07:52:09, February 17, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | We beleive that refugees flowing into our country are long term drain on the economy. People that enter Likatonia are seeking a peaceful life, and these are the sort of people we want. Many refugees are already educated, therefore schooling needs are minimal with perhaps the exception of language courses. Frequently people who adopt another country in the longer term repay that country back many times over with a strong work ethic and a richer culture. |
| Date | 14:08:33, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | Previous post should read "We beleive that refugees flowing into our country are NOT A long term drain on the economy." |
| Date | 19:35:32, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Open Immigration |
| Message | (OOC: ah... I DID wonder....) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 119 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 303 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 78 |
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