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Bill: Effective Tort Reform Initiative
Details
Submitted by[?]: Feline Defense Front
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: April 2265
Description[?]:
| This proposal would see to it that the business community is held responsible for their actions by the people of the State. Removing the cap on monetary awards can only improve the safety of our citizenry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Proposed: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:46:59, August 04, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Effective Tort Reform Initiative |
| Message | Jackpot justice! George Bush yammers about Tort reform from time to time. I suspect his hearts not in it... The People demand we harvest organs from lawyers! |
| Date | 15:35:35, August 04, 2006 CET | From | Party of Cigolism | To | Debating the Effective Tort Reform Initiative |
| Message | I agree with this :) |
| Date | 15:48:41, August 04, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Effective Tort Reform Initiative |
| Message | Good, now where should we begin? The tax lawyers I assume? |
| Date | 03:35:54, August 05, 2006 CET | From | Feline Defense Front | To | Debating the Effective Tort Reform Initiative |
| Message | Harvest organs?? Not sure that was a part of the bill, however if you must go right ahead. Don't expect many hearts though from the likes of lawyers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 128 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 72 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "You will win, but you will not convince. You will win, because you possess more than enough brute force, but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack, reason and right in the struggle." - Miguel de Unamuno |