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Bill: Population Growth Amendment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fundamentalists First
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: April 2269
Description[?]:
Surely, in an economically struggling country such as Telamon we must not encourage our people to increase the already plentiful population. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on population control.
Old value:: The government actively promotes population growth.
Current: The government does not engage in population control.
Proposed: The government does not engage in population control.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 12:48:10, August 12, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Party | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | This makes sense. |
Date | 03:32:31, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | We oppose. We must ensure that each new generation brings new, wonderful Telamonites into being. |
Date | 04:30:10, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Fundamentalists First | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | this isn't going to reduce our population... it's going to stabilise it... an exploding population is the first sign of a poor developing nation... |
Date | 05:19:38, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | Not exploding, just growing. We have less to fear from a growing society than we have from a society where the working age group is shrinking. |
Date | 06:19:19, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Fundamentalists First | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | overpopulation is a bigger fear than any other.. |
Date | 18:24:25, August 13, 2006 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Population Growth Amendment Bill |
Message | We're not exactly facing an overpopulation crisis anyway, we're not one of the most dense nations or something. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 111 | |||
no |
Total Seats: 164 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 326 |
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