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Bill: Eminent Domain Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvish Popular Front
Status[?]: defeated
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: April 2229
Description[?]:
| Eminent Domain is a power the government needs to have in order to preserve and protect the well-being of its citizens. We feel this should be addressed as a pre-cursor to nationalisation programs of Dorvan industry, and that the government must be allowed to act on behalf of the good of the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for any reason.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Current: A neutral body appointed by the courts determines the compensation, either party may appeal.
Proposed: The government does not compensate victims of eminent domain.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:09:01, May 17, 2006 CET | From | Maroon Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Act |
| Message | If the government got more benefit from a property than a citizen did, it makes sense that the government would be willing to pay more for it than the citizen would be willing to sell for. Therefore, whenever a transfer of property helps society, it always happens voluntarily and eminent domain always decreases total societal welfare. |
| Date | 15:40:08, May 17, 2006 CET | From | Dorvish Popular Front | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Act |
| Message | Applying your capitalist economic theories to our socialist actions doesnt work, as communism calls for a complete overhaul of the current capitalist system. When you interpret it with capitalist logic this bill may not work, but we see it as part of our disestablishment of private property and establishment of common ownership. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 24 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 20 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think." - Adolf Eichmann |