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Bill: Free Economy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Dranland
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2411
Description[?]:
| Free economy to people of Dranland. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 17
Current: 0
Proposed: 10
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:51:03, May 28, 2007 CET | From | Order of Valtiel | To | Debating the Free Economy Act |
| Message | I'm going to avoid this poison pill... |
| Date | 15:45:36, May 28, 2007 CET | From | Fascist Zealotry League | To | Debating the Free Economy Act |
| Message | We wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot barge pole! Abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 68 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 50 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 482 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country." - Maximilien Robespierre |