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Bill: Tadraki Socialism Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jeztadraki Knstatak'ai
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 2314
Description[?]:
| We propose that the government installs a socialist state that provides maximum benefits to its Tadraki population. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely private.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government does not maintain any forms of higher education.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not fund any public higher education institutions, permitting only private higher education institutions to exist.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Proposed: The government encourages positive discrimination and enforces it for government hiring.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning racial segregation in educational institutions.
Old value:: Segregation is illegal in all educational institutions.
Current: Segregation is illegal in all educational institutions.
Proposed: All educational institutions must be segregated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:12:30, November 13, 2006 CET | From | Jeztadraki Knstatak'ai | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | Naturally Article 8 discriminates in favour of the Pontesian/Tadraki element of the population, and discriminates against the non-Pontesian/Tadraki population. |
| Date | 17:22:02, November 13, 2006 CET | From |  Ma'avak | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | "We shall support this bill and then we shall use it to force you and your kind out of our Homeland, be they Catholic or Progressive Darwinist, all Pontesians are alike and all Pontesians must leave." -- Moshe Ne'eman OOC: Catholics! Now things can really get interesting :) |
| Date | 01:19:19, November 14, 2006 CET | From | Red Anarchy Faction | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | "Only the hypocritically foolish Beitenyunese Jewry would tarnish the entire Pontesian kind with the same brush." - Zéfrkun Trádykk-Shrn, AHI Department of Irony |
| Date | 04:53:37, November 14, 2006 CET | From | Judean People's Front | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | Thats a big negative on all of these articles |
| Date | 05:00:33, November 14, 2006 CET | From | Sect of the Green Moon | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | Jewish communists? |
| Date | 18:02:53, November 14, 2006 CET | From | Red Anarchy Faction | To | Debating the Tadraki Socialism Bill |
| Message | Nah. Tadrakian communists. Nice to see Kafuristan persists in shoving its nose in everywhere. The dimensions of said nose must be impressive if it can reach here from between the bars of its Deltarian cage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: “Their cheap talk of the 'greater good' is a thinly concealed excuse for subordinating the people to the institutionalized violence that is the state.” - Margaret Woodhall, former Dranian politician |