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Bill: Phone Deregulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: HaLeumit Tikvah
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: March 2415
Description[?]:
| As we have argued before, phone regulation is unnecessary, since those companies who charge too highly will find themselves being undercut by other copanies and be forced to drop their prices anyway. So lets not waste any more money on pointless government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:13:07, June 15, 2007 CET | From | Laretz Yehudit | To | Debating the Phone Deregulation |
| Message | Why is this a good idea? |
| Date | 13:45:15, June 16, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Phone Deregulation |
| Message | Aside from the government having no right to tell companies what they can charge for their services, regulating phone prices is pointless since customers will naturally move to the provider which charges them least, forcing those who charge riduculous prices out of business. By removing the states needless involvement, the government has one less job to do, therefore there is less bureaucracy, and less tax money wasted. |
| Date | 18:09:00, June 17, 2007 CET | From | Assembly for an Humanist Democracy (AHD) | To | Debating the Phone Deregulation |
| Message | Agreed, as long as the governement ensure no phone company becomes monopolistic. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 100 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? Four. Calling a dog's tail a leg does not make it a leg." - Abraham Lincoln |