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Bill: International Aid
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for the Promotion of Pandas
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: September 2196
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:21:58, March 07, 2006 CET | From |  New Daio Party | To | Debating the International Aid |
| Message | Bugger giving other nations our money. |
| Date | 17:27:27, March 08, 2006 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the International Aid |
| Message | Not clearing the money for it. These go unfunded. |
| Date | 19:05:44, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Bachelor Party | To | Debating the International Aid |
| Message | Many spending projects of this sort, and high income tax cuts, come with their own intangible funding built in. The assumption, which in our opinion is a sound one, is that the spending results in a change in the behavior of the affected parties, to the net revenue gain of the country. They cannot be evaluated simply as revenue neutral. Just as tax cuts to wealthy citizens results in job creation, a broader tax base and, ultimately, increased tax revenue, international aid results in stonger trading partners, and ultimately economic growth far behond the scope of a narrow revenut-neutral analysis. Our belef is that aid of this sort represents an investment in the economy, not a drain on it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 159 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 152 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 22 |
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