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Bill: A better Solentia For All
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solentian Labour Party
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: March 4664
Description[?]:
| This bill will try and build a better Solentia for all with Socialism and Social Equality at its core and bringing Solentia into the 47th century |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Current: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Proposed: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The teacher's right to discipline children.
Old value:: Discipline levels are set by schools.
Current: Teachers may use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Proposed: Teachers are forbidden from striking children and may only use non-contact discipline (detention, expulsion etc).
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government funding for private schools.
Old value:: Private schools are given funding on a case-by-case basis.
Current: Only religious schools receive government funding.
Proposed: Private educational institutions receive no government funding whatsoever.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Current: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The legality of dueling.
Old value:: Dueling is legal and regulated.
Current: Dueling is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Dueling is illegal.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Current: The private sector can set up gated communities.
Proposed: No gated communities are allowed.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are allowed and are unregulated.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is allowed and unregulated; adult labour laws do not apply.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 15
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Current: Only adults are allowed to purchase fireworks
Proposed: Only adults are allowed to purchase fireworks
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 1
Current: 0
Proposed: 15
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution is illegal.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 500 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money." - P. J. O'Rourke |