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Bill: Freedom of Purchase Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian 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: July 2198
Description[?]:
| A bill to allow people to spend their money how they see fit as long as so doing harms no other person. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased and consumed anywhere, but only by adults.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverage regulations are not imposed by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:17:37, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Purchase Bill |
| Message | How a person spends their own money should not be subject to government controls. Advertise the health risks if you want, but to forcibly impose them is not acceptable. |
| Date | 00:41:45, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Purchase Bill |
| Message | Um...no. Enough children smoke and drink already. It also causes major problems for others who must do such and forces them to smell the disgusting smoke and cause multiple side effects including, uh, DEATH. Adult smoking is bad enough, child smoking is intolerable. OOC: I will never change my stance on this. |
| Date | 17:46:53, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Purchase Bill |
| Message | Childern are too impresionable by the actions of adults, however when the kid reaches an age of understanding and can make up his own mind knowing full well the consquences of his action then and only then can they be allowed to purches such items. So we will say no this proposal. However we do not believe that children should have life sugar coated and be sheltered from the realities of life. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 113 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 217 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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