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Bill: Well-Being and Potential Act pt. 1
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM
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: June 2201
Description[?]:
| To protect the well-being of Kalistanis, and allow them to reach thier potential |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Proposed: There are no restrictions on the right of citizens to assemble in groups.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government does not subsidize research and development of prescription drugs but regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Current: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Proposed: The victim of eminent domain sets compensation, government can appeal to the courts if they deem the cost too high.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for everyone
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is private but rent is subsidised for low-income households.
Current: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:22:58, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD | To | Debating the Well-Being and Potential Act pt. 1 |
| Message | Segregating the poorest element of society into ghettos solves no problem. |
| Date | 18:06:42, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Well-Being and Potential Act pt. 1 |
| Message | leaving them to get evicted onto the street by greedy landlords is worse. and it wouldnt' be a problem were it not for the right wing NIMBY movement. How about this to address your fear: 6a) Public housing shall be geographically spread throughout populated areas. |
| Date | 20:10:04, March 16, 2006 CET | From | Pansexual Peace Party -- FNORD | To | Debating the Well-Being and Potential Act pt. 1 |
| Message | We would prefer subsities for the poorest element. Spread them out amoung the middle class areas. They must be helped, yes. But "loaning" them a building is not the answer. Just look at the "Projects" of Deltaria. |
| Date | 19:42:49, March 18, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Freedom Party -- KEG SLAM | To | Debating the Well-Being and Potential Act pt. 1 |
| Message | There is no reason to compare Kalistan to Deltaria The situation is completely different. THe "projects" of Deltaria are a cross between labor camps and interrment camps. There has to be some way to keep landlords from repeatedly evicting government assisted tennants. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 103 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is true that capitalism does, if that catch-phrase has any meaning, but this is merely a secondary consequence. The moral justification for capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with man's rational nature, that it protects man's survival qua man, and that its ruling principle is justice." - Ayn Rand |