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Bill: The F.I.R.E.S. Act (aka The "Foreign Influence Reduction and Electorate Strengthening" Act)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Haaretz (הארץ)
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 4345
Description[?]:
| This bill allows Beiteynu's people greater freedom from foreign influencers by limiting several forms of foreign interference in our political and economic systems. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards foreign workers.
Old value:: Foreign nationals are treated the same as native citizens when searching for employment.
Current: Foreign nationals are treated the same as native citizens when searching for employment.
Proposed: Foreign nationals may seek employment but with inferior legal employment protections and benefits to native citizens.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Current: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Proposed: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The method used to determine the number of seats each region receives in the national legislature.
Old value:: A pseudo-proportional algorithm that gives considerable advantage to smaller regions.
Current: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Proposed: A proportional algorithm that gives a very small advantage to larger regions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:41:23, February 07, 2018 CET | From | Miflaga Libralit Beiteynu | To | Debating the The F.I.R.E.S. Act (aka The "Foreign Influence Reduction and Electorate Strengthening" Act) |
| Message | By economic systems I take it you wish to implement a series of tariffs and other protectionist measure while also regulating the free market, Right? And by political you also mean isolating our land from the realties of our terran world. I therefore vote no. In these "interferences" do please specify. |
| Date | 13:16:47, February 07, 2018 CET | From | Haaretz (הארץ) | To | Debating the The F.I.R.E.S. Act (aka The "Foreign Influence Reduction and Electorate Strengthening" Act) |
| Message | Tariffs are not being proposed, and neither is protectionism. Everything that is being proposed is as listed. We do not wish to isolate ourselves. Quite the contrary. By allowing corporations operating out of Beiteynu to maintain control of their corporations despite foreign attempts to overrun them, we would be incentivising more foreign companies to come to Beiteynu. That's the opposite of protectionist policy. Our goal is to show the corporations of the world that Beiteynu is the place to start/run your company. |
| Date | 13:22:39, February 07, 2018 CET | From | Haaretz (הארץ) | To | Debating the The F.I.R.E.S. Act (aka The "Foreign Influence Reduction and Electorate Strengthening" Act) |
| Message | By "interference" we mean having foreigners vote in our elections and work for our companies. Articles 2 and 3 are designed to address this point. If immigrants wish to work, they must become citizens. Then it doesn't matter if they're foreign born or not; they will be a part of the Beiteynu electorate. |
| Date | 17:49:52, February 07, 2018 CET | From | Kadima Beiteynu | To | Debating the The F.I.R.E.S. Act (aka The "Foreign Influence Reduction and Electorate Strengthening" Act) |
| Message | I like articles 1, 2, and 3. However, maybe instead of a proportional system that gives an advantage to large regions, how about "Equal representation, regardless of region population." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 105 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Religion, like capitalism, will perish in the end. We estimate the complete Terra-wide extinction of Hosianism as a religious belief by the year 4409, and in Dorvik by 4398." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |