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Bill: Defence Industry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs
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: October 2395
Description[?]:
| More privatization, more competition, less costs, more jobs and less unemployment. |
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 | 23:06:18, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | Undecided. Putting the argument about competition aside, our party believes that the national defense is an area in which the national government has a vested interest. What would the government role in researching and devoloping new defensive technologies be if this legislation passed? If I understand the impacts of the proposal correctly, the government would offer to buy arms and weapons systems after a competitive bidding process? Any insight the VBD has regarding these questions would help influence our decision. MfG, Gerhard Schmitt von Schmidt, Die Faulenzer / Bündnis 74 Spokesperson for Defense (ooc: yes, yes, I know, I spell "defense" and "center" and "favor" and "color" incorrectly; but I'm going to do my elementary school teachers proud. Oh yeah, there's another one, "elementary" school vs. "primary" school :-) |
| Date | 19:09:16, April 25, 2007 CET | From | Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | What would the government role in researching and devoloping new defensive technologies be if this legislation passed? A reserved one. It is the responsibility of the industry to invest in new hard ware. The Defence Ministry is allowed to buy military product abroad of course if the quality/price ratio is at a disappointing level. If I understand the impacts of the proposal correctly, the government would offer to buy arms and weapons systems after a competitive bidding process? Yes, we will use the bidding process to decide upon which offer will be awarded. |
| Date | 02:25:19, April 26, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | The government needs to know that the military hardware it purchases are of the highest quality and technological levels. If it can be assured that the level of quality of our armed forces will not be negatively impacted by passing this legislation, our party could potentially support the measure. In the mean time, we will have internal discussions on the matter and decide whether to support or reject the measure. Regards... |
| Date | 06:47:57, April 26, 2007 CET | From | Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | We can assure the Faulenzer / Bündnis 74 that the armed forces will be kept well equipped. |
| Date | 03:09:45, April 27, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | This bill is still difficult for the F/B74 to decide. We will continue our internal discussions on the matter and will cast a floor vote before the deadline. |
| Date | 08:45:33, April 27, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Defence Industry |
| Message | After wrestling with this bill within the party, we have decided to express our opinions through a no vote, although let it be known that our advisory team was just about evenly split over which way to throw our votes. Regards, H. Krustofski Vorsitzender der F/B74 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 108 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 307 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 85 |
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