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Bill: Telephone Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pensioners' Party
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: November 2357
Description[?]:
| Too many telephone companies are exploiting their monopoly positions and ripping off their customers. Pensioners, in particular, are often very dependent on the telephone as a means of social support, and the telephone bills they are receiving are disgraceful. Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:34:07, February 09, 2007 CET | From | Advancement of the Human Race | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | we believe that people should be able to pay for their phone bills because it is not a need it is a want. |
| Date | 00:39:39, February 09, 2007 CET | From | Pensioners' Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | The telephone is a lifeline for many elderly people who are isolated, lonely and vulnerable. And besides, the issue about correcting a market failure; the telephone charges are too high because monopoly powers are being abused. Abraham Bridgewater (Leader of the Pensioners' Party) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 538 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 62 |
| Random fact: It is the collective responsibility of the players in a nation to ensure all currently binding RP laws are clearly outlined in an OOC reference bill in the "Bills under debate" section of the nation page. Confusion should not be created by displaying only some of the current RP laws or displaying RP laws which are no longer current. |
| Random quote: "You can only progress when you think big, you can only move forward when you look further." - Arria Ivmarus, former Selucian politician |