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Bill: Acte Économique De Libéralisation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front Nationaliste Royaliste
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: May 2418
Description[?]:
| The current economic oppression going on in this country is insane and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 4
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 regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:49:21, June 21, 2007 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Acte Économique De Libéralisation |
| Message | "We are less concerned with article 2 than our socialist character would suggest. Article 1 is unforgiveably laissez-faire though. Completely deregulate the energy industry!?! That's what's truely insane. Any party concerned with respecting the environment and protecting the oxygen we breath should see right through that." -Olivia Fournier MNA, EASL Environment and Tourism Committee |
| Date | 23:57:05, June 21, 2007 CET | From | Front Nationaliste Royaliste | To | Debating the Acte Économique De Libéralisation |
| Message | "We point out that a deregulated energy sector would still be subject to the ecological requirements put on all other companies. We also can assure Madame Fournier that the Front National pour Rétablissement supports incentives for private companies to go green and to create green-efficient energy technology. However, we cannot support state control over such a sector. We also would like to point out that this bill is not completed yet as the archaic proposal quota established by law has prevented us from being able to adequately propose comprehensive legislation." -Joséphine Cloutier FNR Spokesperson for Environment and Tourism |
| Date | 00:26:16, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Acte Économique De Libéralisation |
| Message | "We will wait for this act to be completed before serious review. However, there are clearly environmental regulations pertaining to the provision of energy not included under other environmental mandates. Otherwise what would be regulated under this law? The amount of fish allowed to be sacrificed at coal power plants?" -Olivia Fournier MNA, EASL Environment and Tourism Committee |
| Date | 20:48:05, June 22, 2007 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Acte Économique De Libéralisation |
| Message | "A step in the right direction." - Antony Sieur, Marquis de Crenne PA Trade and Industry Critic |
| Date | 11:32:07, June 23, 2007 CET | From | Alliance Démocratique Ecologiste Rildani | To | Debating the Acte Économique De Libéralisation |
| Message | We think that deregulation and privatization of energy sector, as of other key sectors is dangerous for the well-beeing of the population. We also oppose to article two, it is a disguised destruction of the right to go on strike article three is not acceptable, for the same reason as article one We reserve on article four and five, but on the whole, we will vote against the Bill Matthieu Monnet chairman for Industry and Trade |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 42 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 35 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is true that capitalism does, if that catch-phrase has any meaning, but this is merely a secondary consequence. The moral justification for capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with man's rational nature, that it protects man's survival qua man, and that its ruling principle is justice." - Ayn Rand |