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Bill: Campaign Finance Reform
Details
Status[?]: passed
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 4326
Description[?]:
| This is a fairer system of funding, allowing for people to donate, while making sure parties are funded appropriate to their results |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.
Current: All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.
Proposed: Candidates receive public funds unless they have raised more than a certain amount of money.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:52:05, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | The majority of parties have so clearly missed why this was the law, and are now clearly stating an engagement in open corruption. Any money taken from businesses, trade unions and other organisations is part of a quid-pro-quo with those organisations. By accepting donations from businesses or trade unions or any other organisation, a politician or party is bound to serve their interests, not the interests of their constituents, in order to have enough money to win elections continuously. Our Party, the Dorvish National People's Party, New Way, the Dorvish Socialist Union, the Liberal Party, the Conservative and Reformist Alliance. These are the names of the public's enemy. These are the names of the corrupt and the dishonest, who will serve those that fund them, not those who vote for them. The Dorvish people will take your names, so I'd tell you to switch sides now lest you suffer the consequences from the people you should be serving. Katerina Schwartz Leader of the Holy Alliance |
| Date | 18:02:18, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Sozialistische Union 🌹 | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This is no way legalizing corruptions, it simply allows greater electoral freedom as well as cutting the cost of the election for the taxpayer. Patrizia Erlach, DSU leader |
| Date | 18:14:20, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | You have chosen to ignore all that I have said because of the benches I sit on. It's shameful. The only thing this allows is allowing a union or a rich socialist to fund your campaign, Ms Erlach, and you will serve them and not your constituents. Katerina Schwartz Leader of the Holy Alliance |
| Date | 18:40:08, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Sozialistische Union 🌹 | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | Ms Schwartz, The DSU believes in helping the everyday citizens of Dorvik as reflected in our policies to increase the scope of government and defend people's liberties as well as enabling people to donate to politicians they believe in. Also 'rich socialist' contradicts itself; Socialism is about equality and opportunity and Socialists don't believe in mass wealth. Your hateful speech and policies hurting the people who don't agree with what you think an ideal person is - white, straight and religious - should not be tolerated in our modern society. *applause from DSU benches Patrizia Erlach DSU Leader |
| Date | 18:43:13, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | You can say your hoo-ha and moralistic grand-standing, but the truth is that this law allows big organisations to donate to and thus buy politicians. If you seriously think there are no wealthy leftists, you are genuinely in need of a serious education. Socialism is about government involvement in the economy. There are plenty of wealthy leftists who see their input as taxation and charity. The problem comes when everyone has to input, including the small businesses your regulations strangle. The ideal person is mythical. All people are prone to sin. Katerina Schwartz Leader of the Holy Alliance |
| Date | 18:55:29, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Sozialistische Union 🌹 | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We need serious education? Tell that to the 7.6 million Dorvish citizens who voted for us. Some might want to give us money in order to increase our support in the next election. That is why we should have this law which enables freedom of expression in the form of supporting politicians; wanting that doesn't make us corrupt. nor did we say that there are no wealth leftists, we said that mass wealth isn't compatible with socialism as socialists believe in wealth equality. Your party is too based on a figure which, if real has allowed unimaginable human suffering and done nothing to help solve wars and plagues which have riddled Terra. If anyone needs education it's you. Patrizia Erlach DSU Leader |
| Date | 19:14:45, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | I said nothing of your voters. They don't trouble me. You know who want to give you money? Trade unions. They want to give you money so you give them more power, and if you have to rely on them for funding, that's what you will do. Through funding your party, there is a prid pro quo, and thus it is corruption. The freedom to corrupt is not a civil right, and you are outwardly admitting to corruption. You suggested that there was no such thing as a wealthy socialist. That is not true at all. If God would intervene in every single event on Terra then there would be no reason for mortality to exist. The world we live in is a divine test to see our souls' true merit. Suffering in this lifetime is nothing compared to the rewards of the next. Katerina Schwartz Leader of the Holy Alliance |
| Date | 17:48:46, December 30, 2017 CET | From | Kommunistische partei | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | Dear parliament, This against democraty. Parties shouldn't accept donations of private donors. How can we trust that it wouldn't interfere with politics? This would promote corruption as you can't see what happens after the donation, how can you reassure that the donator doesn't want anything back for his money, their is a reason why they want to give money to a specific party. Don't say we didn't warn you. Lina schneider, President of the MKP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 390 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
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| Random quote: "There is no other definition of communism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man." - Che Guevara |