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Bill: Privatization of Government owned defence industries.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal 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: May 2361
Description[?]:
| The Imperial Republic of Hobrazia hereby declares all defence corporations owned by the state to be free entities no longer under it's control, and to be regulated in the same manner as all other defence corporations. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:47:19, February 15, 2007 CET | From |  National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | What would be the advantage of this? It is strategic for the government to allow both. |
| Date | 06:51:38, February 15, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | The advantage is smaller government. It's a no-brainer really. |
| Date | 09:17:28, February 15, 2007 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | We can see merit here, however we do like the current laws allowing both. We will have to think on the issue. |
| Date | 14:33:10, February 15, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | The advantage is ... sorry, there really isn't one. The current law allows publicly owned, but not government operated (there is a specific difference) defence industries to operate alongside private defence contractors. This allows the armed forces to provide quick and easy repair and replacement of equipment at low cost to the forces (public contractors) whilst allowing new contracts to be fought and won by private contractors doing what they do best, invent new technology. |
| Date | 19:01:50, February 15, 2007 CET | From | Alliance for Freedom | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | Of course we will vote no. We want a big army with good hobrazians weapons, we support privatization but not in essential sectors like this one. |
| Date | 21:46:41, February 15, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | But health care isn't essential? |
| Date | 01:09:04, February 16, 2007 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | "It's a no-brainer really." Then by all means elucidate us. Smaller government has its advantages and disadvantages; this falls into the latter category. |
| Date | 01:17:09, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | Smaller gov't means less intrusion into everyone's life. Clearly that is beneficial. |
| Date | 09:39:34, February 16, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | Not when it means the loss of vital industry and infrastructure and the consequent loss of employment. |
| Date | 23:21:29, February 16, 2007 CET | From | Classical Republican Party | To | Debating the Privatization of Government owned defence industries. |
| Message | The real advantage is in the old ways, there is nothing wrong with that... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 88 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 312 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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