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Bill: Economic Non-intervention, 2410
Details
Submitted by[?]: House of Oranje-Magrathea
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: December 2410
Description[?]:
| It is this party's policy to not intervene in the markets. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:33:21, May 26, 2007 CET | From |  Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Economic Non-intervention, 2410 |
| Message | The flexibility of the government to act to protect the Ikradonian people's supply of goods must be preserved. We oppose for that reason. |
| Date | 15:22:49, May 27, 2007 CET | From | Tomorrow Party | To | Debating the Economic Non-intervention, 2410 |
| Message | The Tomorrow Party believes that such a position helps the employees of the company today, but hurts them tomorrow, as such a subsidized industry will be unable to deal with real competition on a global scale. (Obviously, if it failed, it was doing something wrong.) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 36 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 483 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 80 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone" - Kenneth Minogue |