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Bill: IP Privatization Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperialist 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: July 2389
Description[?]:
| An act to increase the role of the private sector within the Telamonian economy, in areas where the goods in question are essentially private goods. While the Imperialist Party supports the welfare state, we believe it should be aimed at 1. providing public goods that will be poorly provided for by the private sector 2. providing a leg-up for those that would otherwise starve |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:29:17, April 13, 2007 CET | From | Marxist Peoples Party | To | Debating the IP Privatization Act |
| Message | This will create a chasm between the classes that has been maticulously closed. Healthcare is a human right, as is a high living wage. Private schools will create a dynasty of the bourgeoisie, with their future generations being far better equiped in soceity and therefore naturally dominate it. Private schools are training camps for the shock troops of the bourgeois counter revolution. |
| Date | 23:37:58, April 13, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the IP Privatization Act |
| Message | I like the terminology of the last post. I have to agree. No to a lower minimum wage. No to healthcare inequality. And no to for-profit education. |
| Date | 06:39:13, April 14, 2007 CET | From | Imperialist Party | To | Debating the IP Privatization Act |
| Message | I don't need private schools for shock troops - I'm the minister of defence, I have my own shock troops! |
| Date | 18:10:43, April 14, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the IP Privatization Act |
| Message | Such a statement merits an investigation. Shock troops loyal to the ministry? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 231 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 240 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 130 |
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