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Bill: Nationalizing Basic Goods
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cosa Nostra
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: July 2442
Description[?]:
| A free market is great and competition may be favorable for most industries, but basic goods and needs should be provided by the government and available to all citizens, if possible even for free, since they pay for it through taxes. Or how do we explain the enourmous surplus on our budget and what happens with all that money anyway? |
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 power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
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: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 3
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 4
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: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: All housing is privately-owned.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:20:46, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Retro-Futurist Party | To | Debating the Nationalizing Basic Goods |
| Message | The Retro-Futurist party supports regulated energy prices and even government subsidies for heating and cooling of low-income households, but feel that full government ownership of the grid is a step too far. We would support a bill calling for regulation. |
| Date | 23:37:07, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Nationalizing Basic Goods |
| Message | You are free to propose a bill to your liking. We might even support it. ;-) |
| Date | 17:32:54, August 15, 2007 CET | From | CSA Pax et Socialism | To | Debating the Nationalizing Basic Goods |
| Message | This bill is beautiful. I never knew you had it in you to propose it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 200 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 269 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 37 |
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