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Bill: The Small (Nat'l) Government Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Capitalist Party
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: July 2208
Description[?]:
| This bill will lessen the national government as we are a Confederacy... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Proposed: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The total number of seats in the legislative assembly. Should be between 75 and 750.
Old value:: 600
Current: 350
Proposed: 300
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:56:22, March 30, 2006 CET | From | Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the The Small (Nat'l) Government Act |
| Message | Article 1, yes that's fine. Article 2, oh yes that's OK too. Maybe this is one of the ICP's better bills! [shock! yet more shock!] Article 3, well....Oh I say! A "democratic" reform. Halving the seats in Parliament, eh? Now I always thought more seats more accurately represented people's views and Aloria does have rather a lot of people in it doesn't it? ICP, at least you are courageous in your uphill battle against democracy. Oh yes, even if the SRP abandon their principles and follow this [well, they've done it before] you haven't got a 2/3 majority so Aloria is safe. Phew! |
| Date | 05:25:31, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the The Small (Nat'l) Government Act |
| Message | DLP: That's assuming that your BTP puppets vote with you. If they vote with you on every issue both of your parties will have identical views and lower seats. Maybe that's what I'm aiming for. Anyways, we need a smaller national parliament because most of our laws are devolved and there are only 4 parties in the first place. Gone are the days of 12 active parties in Aloria when 600 seats actually meant something. Nowadays, each party has over 150 seats (except the newest one, which probably will someday soon). |
| Date | 14:14:01, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Bureaucratic Technocracy Party | To | Debating the The Small (Nat'l) Government Act |
| Message | BTP puppets? The only puppet party is the SRP! The BTP has fundamental differences with the DLP: the BTP, for example, is the only major restrictive market party in Aloria. Unfortunately, the BTP is a big government party and is therefore against the bill. |
| Date | 14:15:37, March 31, 2006 CET | From | Bureaucratic Technocracy Party | To | Debating the The Small (Nat'l) Government Act |
| Message | And why iare article 3 and articles 1 and 2 in the same bill? It's like going "I'm going to tweak the economy a bit for the better, yeah....", walking away, then going "Oh, and making a one-party government." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 372 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Selucia is Particracy's modern take on Ancient Rome, located on the continent of Majatra. |
| Random quote: "A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time." - Alfred E. Wiggam |