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Bill: Economic Democracy Platform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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: August 2385
Description[?]:
| The CPA renounces its old universal nationalization program and calls for devolutionary control. This platform (to be enacted after the left wins a majority in Congress again) will give local Cantons the power to create public cooperatives to manage and control essential industries. This platform focuses on the economic aspects of local democracy, namely the management of energy companies, the maintanence of a fire department, and the regulation of farm size. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Proposed: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:20:16, April 05, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Platform |
| Message | I'd advise my allies to vote against this platform, considering it's only for visibilities. |
| Date | 22:22:21, April 05, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Economic Democracy Platform |
| Message | The Imperialist party supports this act. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 167 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 338 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 96 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow official national flags of real-life nations or flags which are very prominent and recognisable (eg. the flags of the European Union, the United Nations, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or the Confederate States of America). |
| Random quote: "An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job." - Author Unknown |