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Bill: Campaign against protectionism
Details
Submitted by[?]: Laissez Faire party
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: March 2421
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Proposed: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:52:59, June 28, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Campaign against protectionism |
| Message | A most excellent proposal. In the CLP headquarters we have been wondering for years by what logic it was best to punish other states for riduculous protectionism by making our citizens pay more for goods. |
| Date | 18:01:29, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Campaign against protectionism |
| Message | Because if we did'nt have protectionsim then our country would be completely out of work due to the exploitation of sweatshops in third world countries that take all of our manufacturing jobs. Global free trade is not only a human rights abuse it will also devastate our economy. |
| Date | 18:33:14, June 28, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Campaign against protectionism |
| Message | Our country could only at best, and I mean optimistically, be called a second world country, given our history of being invaded and occupied. Protectionism holds a country back, and holds back cheap goods from our citizens. Countries which hide behind tariffs force their citizens to pay more for goods, meaning they can buy less. Consumer Capitalism creates viable, strong, modern economies, and this can only be properly achieved through the free market. Free trade is not a human rights abuse, it is the natural order of things, which governement should not stand in the way of. |
| Date | 22:21:13, June 28, 2007 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Campaign against protectionism |
| Message | Your party and the unrestricted laissez faire movement don't even care about the interest of the people or the way they are treated they only care about how the corporations are doing and if they are making a profit. |
| Date | 01:43:08, June 29, 2007 CET | From | HaLeumit Tikvah | To | Debating the Campaign against protectionism |
| Message | We care about people. We care about them so much we no longer want them to be forced to pay extra for goods just because some protectionist foreign power is idiotic. And yes, we are looking out for corporations, because if our corporations are successful then our countrys wealth grows, which is good for everybody. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 59 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 96 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons." - Letter to the editor, the Advocate |