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Bill: Foreign Aid Bill, 2067
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Dynamist 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: May 2070
Description[?]:
| This bill would establish a fund into which a fixed proportion of the GDP, namely 0.5%, will be paid by the government. This fund will be distributed at the end of each financial year among a list of approved charities supporting the relief of poverty, famine, drought and disease. This does not preclude additional contributions in disasters or crises. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government only gives aid for disaster relief in foreign countries.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:32:30, June 17, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | It is unfair that while many in the world live very comfortably in great opulence, many more go hungry, many of them working themselves almost to death and still failing to feed their families, and many thousands die daily because of poor water supplies. This bill aims to contribute just a little to end some of that suffering. |
| Date | 10:21:24, June 19, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | Does any party have any opposition to this bill? |
| Date | 11:59:51, June 19, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | Not many people voiced their opposition to the other aid bill. Support. |
| Date | 11:41:30, June 20, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | Since no party appears to have any objection to this bill, we will move to a vote. |
| Date | 18:44:18, June 20, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Free-Market Republican Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | The NCRP will only support this bill if there is a guarentee that money will not be sent to those nations who have corrupt governments. |
| Date | 19:48:22, June 20, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | It will be given to "approved charities". |
| Date | 11:27:45, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Social Dynamist Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | If, for example, charities work against human rights abuses in countries with corrupt governments, then the money may be physically sent 'to those nations', but will remain in the hands of the charities and not the governments. |
| Date | 18:21:50, June 21, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Free-Market Republican Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | Oh, okay. Well, I'm not a big fan of government spending, but as long as there is strict guidelines as to which charites get the money, I don't see why not. |
| Date | 05:17:39, June 22, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Free-Market Republican Party | To | Debating the Foreign Aid Bill, 2067 |
| Message | Well, it looks like it passed. ;-) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 281 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 18 |
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