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Bill: Reduction of Foreign Aid
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Liberation Front (PPP)
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: July 2066
Description[?]:
| While we do not agree with the proposal to tie foreign aid to what we can get back from a nation we, however, believe that we should reduce foreign aid levels somewhat in order to ensure OUR well being. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Current: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Proposed: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:10:37, June 12, 2005 CET | From | Abandoned NFC Headquarters | To | Debating the Reduction of Foreign Aid |
| Message | This is far preferable to the previous policy. Any reduction is gladly supported. |
| Date | 22:02:08, June 12, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the Reduction of Foreign Aid |
| Message | aid is tied to GDP however great or small the larger aid package will not bankrupt us |
| Date | 22:39:04, June 12, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Democrat Party | To | Debating the Reduction of Foreign Aid |
| Message | Foreign Aid is important! We have to help those less fortunate than ourselves. |
| Date | 23:48:37, June 12, 2005 CET | From | People's Liberation Front (PPP) | To | Debating the Reduction of Foreign Aid |
| Message | And we are but we need not splurge. |
| Date | 19:18:04, June 13, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the Reduction of Foreign Aid |
| Message | We're not splurging anything. In RL, "high levels of aid" means something around 1% of GDP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 343 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 316 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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