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Bill: Party Platform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Democratic Socialist Party
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: August 2252
Description[?]:
| Reforms urgently needed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Current: There is a compulsory private pension system.
Proposed: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Current: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:00:19, July 10, 2006 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | These reforms are needed because? They are useful how? Do you wish to drive our nation into the gutter/toilet? |
| Date | 04:55:17, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | This was just meant as a way for me to increase visibility. |
| Date | 05:00:54, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | I wish to make this nation more socially responsible and do a better job of providing for the poor, that's what. Many European countries have adopted similiar policies and I don't see THIER economies struggling. They are amoung the most developed in the world, in fact. |
| Date | 05:02:16, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | In any case, having no pension system is ludicrous. What happens to those who are too poor to save up? We should do a better job of providing for the poor and elderly. |
| Date | 05:03:23, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | And please, don't tell me that the welfare state does'nt work. It works! |
| Date | 07:31:15, July 10, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Party Platform |
| Message | "I wish to make this nation more socially responsible" By stepping and doing things for them? "do a better job of providing for the poor" The poor get plenty of cash already in the form of subsidies for utilities, child benefits and so on. How does nationalising the energy industry help the poor? How does regulating advertising help the poor? How does operating a *state-owned space program* help the poor? Its all just a massive egotistical rush for power. We've seen it before with every socialist party. "Many European countries" http://www.takeforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=848&mforum=particracy "Rule #3 The game universe is fictional. It has no relationship whatsoever with the Earth, aside from that fact that all its inhabitants speak a language that is coincidentally very similar to English. Hence, do not use references to signific historic events of Earth history, as it is inappropriate. Some minor references to concepts (not people) are possible, like "spaghetti" (there's no Italy in Particracy, but you're free to refer to spaghetti), but references to Hitler, Stalin, Bush or Charles Chaplin are inappropriate. " OOC: Besides, most European nations' economic growth is actually negative with high unemployment. It is the economically liberal states, like Ireland, that are the real success stories. "In any case, having no pension system is ludicrous. What happens to those who are too poor to save up? We should do a better job of providing for the poor and elderly." Who would accept a job where you don't have enough money to meet basic living requirements? Like I said earlier, the poor (which probably includes the elderly) are adequately cared for. The elderly have been warned for decades to set aside some money for the future and they have. Its called responsibility. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 460 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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