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Bill: Unionist Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: Covenanters (IA)
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: May 2198
Description[?]:
| Without the constitutional amendments this should be able to pass. We will promote the cause of Central Artanian Unionism, starting with unification with Rutania and occupation of Ikradon we wish to create a Central Artanian Empire centred around Yodukan. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning adoption.
Old value:: Regulation is used to screen out only those with a previous history of child abuse.
Current: Adoption is regulated by the government. Applicants can adopt after a routine check-up.
Proposed: Adoption is strictly regulated by the government. Only by passing several tests and by following an intensive program applicants can adopt children.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The number of proposals a party can introduce per year (will be handed out as a monthly quota).
Old value:: 15
Current: 20
Proposed: 10
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.
Current: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Proposed: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:03:58, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Unionist Manifesto |
| Message | Aside from articles 5, 6, and 8, I'm against this bill. |
| Date | 16:51:54, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Unionist Manifesto |
| Message | Wow, we can actually support this bill! Who woulda thunk it? |
| Date | 18:44:02, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Unionist Manifesto |
| Message | We are opposed to the proposals of course. But we are particularly opposed to this idea of military adventurism against our neighbors. The lives of our citizens should not be squandered in misguided wars of conquest. The SPP will only support voluntary Artanian unification, which would actually be quite good for trade! |
| Date | 14:48:47, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Tory Party | To | Debating the Unionist Manifesto |
| Message | I am still unable to support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 410 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 218 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 122 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life brand names (eg. Coca Cola, McDonalds, Microsoft). However, in the case of military equipment brand names it is permitted to use simple number-letter combinations (eg. T-90 and F-22) borrowed from real life, and also simple generic names, like those of animals (eg. Leopard and Jaguar). |
| Random quote: The Wolfsheim Virus is not a real actual disease in the conventional medical sense of the term. Rather, it is a cluster of symptoms which are just part of the general socio-economic disease that is capitalism. The main symptoms the sufferers are experiencing are a direct result of capitalist poverty, as in malnutrition, poor housing and so on, combined with psycho-somatic symptoms which are a direct consequence of the contradictions and stresses which are inherent to the capitalist system. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |