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Bill: National Democratic Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Democratic 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: December 4310
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education for children under adult age.
Old value:: Education is entirely voluntary.
Current: Education is compulsory and has to happen at school.
Proposed: Education is compulsory, but home schooling is permitted.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Homeless shelters and reintegration projects
Old value:: Local governments decide on homeless shelters and reintegration projects.
Current: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Proposed: There are government-run shelters, but these coexist with privately run shelters.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: The use of cannabis is legal.
Current: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Only recognised religions may set up religious schools, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:31:21, November 29, 2017 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I find it confusing that so-called libertarian socialists would vote against extending child benefit, educating our children, opening up higher education once more after years of both public and private tertiary education being illegal, protecting our workers from multinational corporations, assisting the homeless, funding public libraries, putting religious schools under government oversight, and partially renationalising our railways. John Miller Leader of the National Democratic Party |
| Date | 21:03:55, November 29, 2017 CET | From | Félagsleg Demókrati Partí | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | The reason why the Libertarian Socialist Party votes against this bill, it's because I disagree in most of the proposals. For example, making school compulsory when making it completely voluntary helps the children to learn what they want and the way they want. |
| Date | 00:02:21, November 30, 2017 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Education is a basic right for all children. The argument that schooling being voluntary lets children learn what they want the way they want is nonsense; just the same could be said about the ban on private schools. Under the current laws, the government does not fund higher education, yet simultaneously bans private higher education. It would seem to this party that the current education policy has been developed through years of incompetence, rather than any real concern for the generation that is the future of this country. John Miller Leader of the National Democratic Party |
| Date | 15:38:43, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | We oppose article 6; We want to help any country in need and we oppose article 9; we do not prefer any regulations concerning religion. They should be free so no extremism appears among religious people. Green party cannot decide either to vote yes or no So we will abstain from voting |
| Date | 19:48:58, November 30, 2017 CET | From | The Conservative Party | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | The Conservatives do agree with some proposals of This Bill Mr Speaker, but for God sake, most of these articles will deter our economy sending us back to the old days of the 20th century where communism was a thing. Telamonians don't want to return to those times! |
| Date | 20:51:15, November 30, 2017 CET | From | Workers' Party | To | Debating the National Democratic Manifesto |
| Message | We will abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 336 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 414 |
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