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Bill: Military Freedom
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian 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: August 4670
Description[?]:
| Legislation to liberate the military from unnecessary burden. Article 3 Repeal of Protecting Gaduridos Act 4542 (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=594485). Article 4 Repeal of Gaduridos Military Goals Act 4548 (http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=596341). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Proposed: The government allows all arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:51:35, November 24, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | We disagree with article 2, but agree with 1 |
| Date | 04:10:56, November 24, 2019 CET | From | NLP | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | We cannot vote in favor of the nationalization of industry. The NLP will vote against any such measure. |
| Date | 04:27:25, November 24, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | The industry in question is defence! No country can be secure when it’s armed forces are loyal to private individuals rather than the country. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 04:30:22, November 24, 2019 CET | From | NLP | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | And so we can add regulations regarding who can control it - but if the industry is nationalized, think on the ramifications should a tyrannical government ever take power. They would have all the weapons, and thereby, power, of the nation at their disposal! We could ensure that Gaduri Defense Industries remain majority Gaduri-owned, and have an oversight committee. But nationalization of such a vital industry is out of the question! |
| Date | 04:36:47, November 24, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | Our party believes in democracy. If a party wins an election then they have a mandate to direct government policy and that means they should be able to rely on the support of the armed forces to enforce those policies. An industry as important to our national preservation as defence should not be in the hands of corporations. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
| Date | 04:46:18, November 24, 2019 CET | From | NLP | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | Let those be the immortal words on the Libertarian Party's tombstone when radical political revolutionaries target political minorities with the power bestowed onto them by this act - a situation which has happened before, and because of this legislation, may happen once more. Woe to those who do not learn from history! |
| Date | 14:48:34, November 24, 2019 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Military Freedom |
| Message | I would rather have a government that can be removed from power by the democratic mechanisms, than a private corporation that is loyal only to its shareholders, control the armed forces in this country. Mercedes Xirau Leader of the Libertarian Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 158 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 92 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life religions should not be referenced in Particracy. Terra has its own religions, many of which mirror real-life ones. See: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Illustrated_Catalogue_of_Religion |
| Random quote: "We make war that we may live in peace." - Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics |