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Bill: Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centrist Party of Baltusia
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: February 4230
Description[?]:
| We propose the following: |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of advertising of substances classified as addictive and harmful (if general advertising by companies is permitted and sale of the addictive/harmful products is allowed).
Old value:: Advertising is banned.
Current: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Current: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Proposed: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:46:44, June 20, 2017 CET | From | Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Deregulation Act |
| Message | Members of Congress, Does the centrist party not realize that allowing anyone to purchase fireworks or allowing children to drink alcohol is damaging to them and would lead to unnecessary deaths. Furthermore, allowing advertising on damaging substances will only increase the sales of those things, not only to adults but also children and those most vulnerable in society, this will also lead to further deaths. And finally I would point out that removing all regulation on advertising will only decrease the truthfulness of those adverts to the point that large companies (say fast-food chains or alcohol manufacturers) will be able to lie and claim that their products are fully safe or even beneficial to one's health and those who are impressionability (children and those with mental health conditions) are likely to believe it and purchase the products and either become irreversible damaged or even die because of it. Our current laws require adverts to be accurate however if this bill passes our televisions will become full of lies. This is not an issue of personal freedoms of individuals but of the safety and health of all. I urge you to vote against this bill because of how harmful it would be to society. Otis Varnham (Health and Social Services Spokesperson of the Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia) |
| Date | 00:00:46, June 21, 2017 CET | From | Centrist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Deregulation Act |
| Message | Mr. Varnham, I would like to ask you if you know what parents are? Do you also know that the government isn't a parents. As a parent of 3 kids, I believe that the kids that have an ability to make there own money, have an ability to make there own decisions, while I do recognize as a parent I do need to step in, but the point is, it is the parents responsibility. Secondly if people find that the advertising is untrustworthy or untrue, they will spread the word, people will stop buying, there is a self regulation aspect to the free market witch I have much faith in. Harrison Horrell Leader of the Centrist Party |
| Date | 01:07:33, June 21, 2017 CET | From | United Democratic Party - Syndicalists | To | Debating the Deregulation Act |
| Message | This is crazy and I am a man who doesn't believe in Government! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 290 |
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