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Bill: Lets Make the World a Better Place
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Cigolism
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: December 2261
Description[?]:
| The world is full of injustice and suffering. Lets do our best to change things for the better. Lets help the needy and free the shackled. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning biological and chemical weaponry.
Old value:: The nation reserves the right to develop, construct and store biological and chemical weapons.
Current: The nation shall never purchase, produce, or store biological or chemical weaponry, for military purposes. Research and development of the technology is permitted.
Proposed: The nation shall never develop, purchase or store biological or chemical weaponry.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Current: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:26:01, July 27, 2006 CET | From | Party of Cigolism | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | more to come... |
| Date | 23:10:16, July 27, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | How would a govt. monopoly help anyone? |
| Date | 00:43:24, July 28, 2006 CET | From | Party of Cigolism | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | By preventing corporations with a vested interest in war and conflict from influencing those in power. |
| Date | 00:56:53, July 28, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | Articale 2 is the only sensible one |
| Date | 01:13:54, July 28, 2006 CET | From | Party of Cigolism | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | Hey, I was clutching at straws, you people are obviously crazy as everything seems to be very do-gooder-ish before I've even got here... |
| Date | 03:33:01, July 28, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | The People can accurately be described as "crazy dogooders", I suppose... |
| Date | 12:08:05, July 28, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | We fully support the first three proposals, are ambivalent about the fourth one, and are opposed on the last one. |
| Date | 16:16:37, July 28, 2006 CET | From | Party of Cigolism | To | Debating the Lets Make the World a Better Place |
| Message | I have modified it to be more realistic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 86 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 35 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "I am a conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few." - Benjamin Disraeli |