We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Mandate Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Democratic Union
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: February 2206
Description[?]:
| The recent elections have proven that Darnussians truly want a more libertarian society, with smaller government that regulates less and leaves more services to the private sector. Darnussians responded strongly to the message of the Libertarian despite limited visibility. Therefore we are going to reintroduce legislation from last term. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Current: Abortions are only allowed in medical emergencies.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:00:17, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | you got no serious mandate |
| Date | 03:38:43, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | You are aware that this is technically a restriction or regulation? Any self-respecting libertarian party would vote against this measure. |
| Date | 07:27:53, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | I have come to the conclusion that their party's name is a misnomer. |
| Date | 15:34:42, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | Not really, the reason most libertarians are ProCHoice is that Ayn Rand opined that the rights of an adult are more important than that of an unborn child, in America many libertarians(although not ones who are members of the Libertarian party) are ProLife, because they feel that an unborn child is technically a life. A Common Libertarian saying is that people are free to do as they please, as long as their actions bring no physical harm to someone else. In America, another saying among libertarians is that economics are non negoitiable, everything else is. If I was a Conservative I would be pushing anti women's rights legislation, antihomosexual legislation, etc. I am not, I support women and gays having the same rights as men and straights. Abortion is not big enough of an issue to push me on the Conservative side. |
| Date | 20:38:49, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | Ayn Rand was pretty cool, I guess. In America, I am the equivalent of a neoliberal or centrist Democrat such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Joseph Lieberman or Michael Bloomberg. |
| Date | 00:23:24, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | Ayn Rand was pretty cool, although I favor Milton Friedman. America in general is just more antiabortion, so it follows that American Libertarians are as well. Economics are the main focus of libertarianism here. |
| Date | 01:12:42, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | http://www.lp.org/issues/platform_all.shtml#womerigh Exhibit A I rest my case. |
| Date | 01:25:56, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | I don't pretend to know much about America's internal politics, but it seems to me that Joe Lieberman is quite conservative. He supported the War on Iraq (which other countries, like the UK and Spain, were reluctantly dragged into) and represents the right wing of the Democratic party, though he is probably not the most right wing Democrat. Sigh . . . those backward Americans. No offence, but how can a country that claims to be 'free', 'democratic' and 'just' have so many ignorant people who are anti-gay and anti-abortion? Why are they so strictly anti-drug in America? Also, why the hell do Americans have the highest rate of church attendance in the western industrialised world and why do less than half of them believe in evolution? Why are half of Americans bad at identifying where Great Britian and Japan are on a world map? Why do many Americans not know what their Constitution says? God, if I didn't know that America was one of the richest nations in the world, I would assume that a country with these statistics was a complete hell hole. Meanwhile, countries like Spain have already allowed gay marriage. The Netherlands has shown a policy of tolerance towards drug users and offers rehabilitation rather than prison terms to addicts. Why can't America be so tolerant? |
| Date | 04:49:55, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | Heh, going to church isn't necessarily a bad thing. I am inclined to believe its the primary reason for the high amount of people who oppose abortion. As for Gays...Americans tend to be machoistic, gays are stereotyped as weak, Americans hate weakness. Most Americans don't know where other countries are because they don't care. Americans care about making money, knowing where Japan and Great Britain are ins't necessarily a needed skill for many jobs. America is pretty tolerant, as well as libertarian. Almost all of our most objectionable laws aren't followed or enforced. Also, Americans tend to vary from region to region. Most East Coast Americans are more European than their midwestern and southern neighbors. |
| Date | 04:56:10, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS, The political description that fits you best is... LIBERTARIAN LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties Your PERSONAL issues Score is 70%. Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 100%. told you, I'm a libertarian. |
| Date | 09:03:26, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | That test is very short, so it doesn't tell you all that much about your politics. Also, it is obviously biased towards 'libertarians' and is a bit too preachy for my taste. Why don't you take a longer and more accurate test like the 'Political Compass'? |
| Date | 21:03:58, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | I did, I got the same exact place as Milton Friedman, a prominent libertarian. |
| Date | 21:33:24, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | Guess what? The political description that fits you best is... LIBERTARIAN LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties. Your PERSONAL issues Score is 100%. Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 70%. Oh yes and congratulations to you all on lumping all Americans into one category. Truly, that is the pinnacle of individuality... or lack of any concept of it. The regions of the United States are like separate countries on their own also. The West and Northeastern parts of the US are vastly different from the Southern United States and Midwest. |
| Date | 04:30:26, March 27, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Mandate Act |
| Message | I'm not surprised actually. We just have our scores reversed. I'm more hardcore on Econ, your more hardcore on social issues. both libertarian. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 506 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Make sure to check out Particracy's wiki. http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page |
| Random quote: "It is obvious that the laissez-faire ideology represents the interests of big business. For decades, the right-wing has opposed welfare programs and nationalised companies, in favour of big business disguised under 'economic liberty'." - Cecilia Xu, former Gaduri politician |