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Bill: Telephone Price Restiction
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
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: April 2091
Description[?]:
| In order to allow competition in the market place, but also to maintain that all peoples within the Country can have access to telephone communication, the Government will impose regulations on the maximum cost of service (service being the cost of line rental) by nationalising the telephone lines. Private companies can then use these lines (by paying a surcharge to the Government) in order to provide the service connection. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:37:52, August 04, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Telephone Price Restiction |
| Message | This seems fair. It will prevent price gouging by phone companies. I will support. |
| Date | 21:37:07, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Social Democratic Liberal Party | To | Debating the Telephone Price Restiction |
| Message | We're with you on this one. |
| Date | 22:25:03, August 04, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Telephone Price Restiction |
| Message | We agree. |
| Date | 22:35:38, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Standing-At-The-Back-Dressed-Stupidly | To | Debating the Telephone Price Restiction |
| Message | Right, we in the stupid clothes reckon this is a good idea, seems fair. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 368 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 32 |
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