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Bill: Vanuku, Land of mercy
Details
Submitted by[?]: dAda rEvoluTion
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: May 2282
Description[?]:
| Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. The dR thinks the best way to minimize immigration is to help foreign countries in need developing their economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but expels them from the country when discovered.
Current: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
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 supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Proposed: The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:09:15, September 09, 2006 CET | From |  Vanuku Nationalists Party | To | Debating the Vanuku, Land of mercy |
| Message | This Bill is horrible... The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers if discovered: Over burden on the Taxpayer who doesnt want them here but still has to pay for them Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation: Good to see that our doors are always welcome to terrorist, gangsters, criminals, despots and thieves. The government gives high levels of aid to countries in need: So we reward backwards nations that do NOTHING by funding there corupt little dictatorships with High amounts of taxpayer funded goodies? If the people want to help let them donate. All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country. Gi9ve us your dumb, your lazy, your conviced and banned. Your Stupid, your crazy and with open hands, Vanuku will fund them cause we dont give a damn.... |
| Date | 15:18:13, September 09, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democrat Party | To | Debating the Vanuku, Land of mercy |
| Message | I find myself laughing at the Nationalist response to this bill not because the comments are silly, but because it if the first time i have seen such direct and brutal opinions on such a bill and worded in such a manner... The amazing part also is they are correct on every single point |
| Date | 18:45:22, September 09, 2006 CET | From | Social Devolutionist | To | Debating the Vanuku, Land of mercy |
| Message | I cannot agree with the nationailsts or the LDP. on a number of these points. To equate refugees with the Lazy,, banned convicted, dumb, is ridiculous. In most cases refugees have risked life and limb to travel to this country they have shown a great deal of resourcefulness and they have shown a committment in becoming part of vanuku that many people born here have never shown. They are the people I would want as citizens they are the people I would be proud to call my countrymen. Article 4 is supported by the SD. The fact that a country requires aid or is in need does not mean it's government is corrupt it does not mean it is a dictatorship. In the event of natural disasters, many countries require aid, in the case of environmental factors, drought, flood hurricane can see any country requiring outside aid. Tomorrow it could be our neighbours, or it could be Vanuku. Given that our economy is in such good shape, does it not make sense to use some of that money to buy international good will. The SD supports article 3. On the first and seconf aticles however I do agree, though not in such inflamatory and divisive language with the LDP and the NAtionalist party. Being a good international citizen does not mean, being an international push over. Vanuku must retain control over who comes in and who does not, and must reserve it's right to deny entry to those we consider undesirable. The people of Vanuku have entered into a social contract with this government, it is not our place to throw open the doors to people who may be unwilling orunable to abide by that contract. |
| Date | 12:36:17, September 10, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Democrat Party | To | Debating the Vanuku, Land of mercy |
| Message | Article 4 in its present forms allows those people that the SD mentions into the country, the change to article 4 is unnecessary. The concerns raised by the SD have already been met with under the current legislation. |
| Date | 14:48:25, September 10, 2006 CET | From | Social Devolutionist | To | Debating the Vanuku, Land of mercy |
| Message | I don't entirely agree. A person can be a refugee, and not be fleeing from extreme circumstances. They could be an economic refugee, they could be a political refugee, fleeing because of the risk (rather than an actuality of political oppression), they may be a refugee as a result of cultural or religous factors, that may not place them in extreme circumstances. My point is that anyone who is a genuine refugee, who chooses to start a new life in this country should be free to do so, and The SD would welcome them. I think there is a further debate to be had as to how we define refugee but their is not that option in the game as yet. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 173 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 387 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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