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Bill: Nationalization
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rationalist 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: September 2090
Description[?]:
| This bill would ensure constant power, heating fuels, and other necessities. It would also ensure that environmental concerns are adhered to and that prices would be affordable to those of smaller income |
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: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:02:45, August 02, 2005 CET | From |  Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Nationalization |
| Message | No. If the industries arent failing, there is no reason to nationalize them. |
| Date | 21:46:14, August 02, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization |
| Message | Public energy companies are generally less likely to have massive brownouts, tend to provide more cost effective power, and are never going to pull out, stranding millions without light or heat. |
| Date | 03:55:23, August 03, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Marxist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization |
| Message | Oftentimes, competition doesn't exist in this type of industry because there may only be one provider in the area. So no competition, no supporting argument for capitalism. Besides, why look for a cheaper, cleaner energy source when you can raise rates in respond to demand for fuel? In the government system, any profit can be pushed towards funding research. It can be used to provide to the poor, a normally economically unviable decison. The rates in cities can help to provide efficient power to the rural areas, something overlooked by many companies. A public power infrastructure can also avoid major blackout byand it is easier to find the source of one in such a sytem. |
| Date | 06:05:55, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Nationalization |
| Message | So if the energy company has problems, THEN nationalize it. NOT before. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 108 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 126 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 19 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." - George Washington |