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Bill: Nationalisation D'Infrastructure
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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: June 2420
Description[?]:
| Infrastructure Nationalization An act to nationalize all key components of Rildanor's infrastructure. WHEREAS, the vital industries which power Rildanor's everday life should not be controlled by private corporations. All essential components of Rildanor's infrastructure shall come under the control of government agencies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:20:24, June 26, 2007 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Nationalisation D'Infrastructure |
| Message | "We believe that these industries are better regulated by the private sector." - Marguerite Navarre, Marquise de Spencé Infrastructure and Transport Critic |
| Date | 19:44:28, June 27, 2007 CET | From | Alliance Démocratique Ecologiste Rildani | To | Debating the Nationalisation D'Infrastructure |
| Message | we too |
| Date | 19:45:10, June 27, 2007 CET | From | Partie Nationale de Rildanor | To | Debating the Nationalisation D'Infrastructure |
| Message | This bill, we think, goes too far. However, it is preferrable to the current measures. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 57 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 8 |
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| Random quote: "John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when torn from their soil in field and forest. With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?" - Emma Goldman |