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Bill: Laissez Faire 2254
Details
Submitted by[?]: League of Objectivists!
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: March 2255
Description[?]:
| Our Constituency Demands it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Article 6
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 supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government never offers international aid.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.
Current: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Religious schools are not allowed.
Current: Religious schools are not allowed.
Proposed: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: The government does not regulate the quality of drinking water.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:24:50, July 15, 2006 CET | From | Federal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Laissez Faire 2254 |
| Message | I cannot do articles 6 and 9 under any circumstances. 3 is kinda iffy as well. |
| Date | 14:56:55, July 15, 2006 CET | From | League of Objectivists! | To | Debating the Laissez Faire 2254 |
| Message | Seperation of Church and State dear FCP, it's what brought us out of the middle ages. The LoO have a healthy admiration for your party's description, we just wish you would follow it. |
| Date | 18:55:47, July 15, 2006 CET | From | Nihilist Fascist Collegiality | To | Debating the Laissez Faire 2254 |
| Message | The FCP prides himself on a separation of church and state. That's what we had. A separation of church and state. You're trying to reintroduce extremist elements, commonly called religion, into New Endralon. Religion - The great nepenthe. Opiate of our masses. Glue of our great society. Salve and salvation, religion has delivered us from pathos, from sorrow, the deepest chasms of melancholy and hate. With it, we anesthetize grief, annihilate jealousy, obliterate rage. Those sister impulses towards joy, love, and elation are anesthetized in stride, which we accept as fair sacrifice, for we embrace religion in its unifying fullness and all that it has done to make us great. Religion has a place, but not in our land. What a disgusting concept. |
| Date | 08:38:25, July 16, 2006 CET | From | League of Objectivists! | To | Debating the Laissez Faire 2254 |
| Message | You have never been free from religion in this nation, you simply replaced officially recognized religions for one of your own. You crossed out God and wrote in Society, then forced the people to sacrifice to that instead. People still lost their product, their livelyhood, even their lives... what does it matter which deluded imaginary concept it was all wasted on? What makes your god morally superior to theirs? Seperation of Church and State merely removes any religion's ability to apply force to others. People like yourself will always have their religions, even despite all contrary evidence and destructive consequences. The point of these laws is only that if you insist on practicing self-immolation, don't you dare try to force others to follow your twisted path. Freedom from force, THAT is what brought us up from medieval squalor and genocide... except with the secular collectivist religions, most of which ended in... squalor and genocide. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 216 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 262 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 188 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - Martin Luther King Jr. |