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Bill: Economic Programme
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Rabble
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: October 2419
Description[?]:
| We must develop a programme of socialist development to move the economy forward, here are our initial proposals. |
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 nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 2
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: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:15:20, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | This is a recipe for economic suicide. Socialism cannot survive in a capitalist age. Re-read your Marx. |
| Date | 23:16:21, June 24, 2007 CET | From | United Workers Union | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | :-O the most extreme economic reforme that this land has ever seen.....we suport, as long as it is in the interest of the worker |
| Date | 01:25:42, June 25, 2007 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | It shan't happen |
| Date | 16:38:04, June 25, 2007 CET | From | The Rabble | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | ''Socialism cannot survive in a capitalist age'' - capitalism provides the economic and social conditions for the transition to communism, re-read your marx |
| Date | 18:43:19, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | I don't need to re-read anything. Marx supported capitalism until the contradictions created a new super-structure. |
| Date | 02:55:56, June 26, 2007 CET | From | The Rabble | To | Debating the Economic Programme |
| Message | OOOH big words, you need to actually read Marx not believe what your liberal university tutors told you he said. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 239 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 335 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 176 |
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