HB 26-19: Pedophilia and Human Traffickers are Evil Act (Failed)

[Mike Thick]

II. Netflix shall be fined $50,000,000 for shows like Cuties and Big Mouth that promote pedophilia against our young girls. This Congress must demand that this stops and condemn it.
III. The FCC shall be granted the power to fine all streaming and tv networks for being illegal activity.    
   IIIa. Netflix will be given 30 days to remove all such content or face being shut down by the government of Atlasia and charged with pedophilia.

There's a word for this. "Bill of the taint," or something similar

[Mike Thick]

I am sick and tired of the elites harming our children

Can you clarify this a bit?

[Mike Thick]

Every single Pedo and Human trafficker belongs in prison for life. I'd like to bring back the death penalty for anyone that would do this to our children. I am so sad that this congress won't protect our babies.

Yes. If we had the death penalty, people would be too scared to commit these heinous crimes. That's why there are no murders in countries with capital punishment for murder

[Mike Thick]

If y’all are serious about solving human trafficking, figure out how to enforce better instead of just jacking up the penalties. And even that is probably handled better at the regional/local level

[Mike Thick]

This has been on the floor for almost a month now. It still doesn't seem like we're close to a bill that'll amenable to the President, or even to most people in Congress.

I respect that the Congresswoman is trying to amend the bill down and make it work, but I think we really just have fundamentally different ideas about whether this is needed or not

[Mike Thick]

Alright, here goes.

I’ll begrudgingly concede that some folks have put in serious effort to rework this. I’m impressed that you guys came up with a bill that didn’t fail, but which also isn’t totally off from the wacked-out original proposal. That’s the kind of thing that makes the governing side of the game fun.

That said, these changes haven’t addressed the disagreements I voiced earlier. I don’t think jacking up penalties for crimes beyond a certain point deters people from committing them. I also did a little research, and victims of human trafficking are entitled to restitution under current law, so I don’t think the portion of the bill addressing material compensation would change anything.

Human trafficking is an abhorrent crime. As Poirot noted, we have to do more to stop child pornography from being circulated online, and I would happily support a proposal addressing that issue. However, because I don’t think this is the right way to prevent crimes or help victims, I vote NAY.