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Bill: Manche Year Zero
Details
Submitted by[?]: Manche Movement
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 2232
Description[?]:
| The Manche Movement has been swept into power with the overwhelming support of the masses. The time of Manche is at hand, and Sekowo shall be remade according to the teachings. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Current: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Proposed: The government offers free contraceptives in pharmacies and public toilets.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Protection of original works of technology and arts.
Old value:: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Current: Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.
Proposed: Technology and art are part of the commons and are not protected by copyright.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The policy regarding eminent domain is left to local governments.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for any reason.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 7
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: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Proposed: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Nation's policy with regards to an intelligence agency.
Old value:: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Current: The nation has an intelligence agency that is permitted by law to undertake all types of covert operations in other countries.
Proposed: The nation maintains no intelligence agency.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:44:30, May 23, 2006 CET | From |  People's Liberation Army | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | With a close debate, 5 articles we agree with to 6 articles we disagree, we must vote no. |
| Date | 16:47:49, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Ministerial Party | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | Christ this is awful. |
| Date | 19:37:24, May 23, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | We agree with Articles 1 and 4, but not with any vehemence. We seriously disagree with Articles 3,5 and 10. * We support limited copy protection. * We support government subsidies for independent non profit making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations should be allowed. Total socialization of broadcasting is opposed to the principle of free speech. * We would like to see regulation of private health-care clinics. We oppose banning them. * We could support putting illegal aliens in integration centers or allowing local governments to deal with them. Preferably the latter. But we don't see a compelling reason to change the current set-up. * We would be happy to limit intelligence services to counterintelligence and surveillance of other countries. We can not support the complete abdication of intelligence services. * We would like to see the government encourage the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions. These are the only items our party would be willing to debate. Otherwise, we can not in good conscience, or any conscience for that matter, vote in favor of this measure. If the Ministerial Party is what we suspect it to be, we really hate agreeing with them :) |
| Date | 05:12:31, May 24, 2006 CET | From | Manche Movement | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | Sorry about this but I feel the need to abuse my power, just a little. |
| Date | 10:01:50, May 24, 2006 CET | From | Cruzada Tradicionalista Sekowana | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | This looks like the Sekowan Enabling Acts. Gives us something to fix later, when power is more evenly distributed. |
| Date | 06:35:38, June 13, 2006 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Manche Year Zero |
| Message | http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=48059 At least you didn't end up with THIS. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 469 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 256 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| 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 swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me." - Langston Hughes, The Black Man Speaks |