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Bill: Defense Industry Reforms of 2442
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Epicurean 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: October 2442
Description[?]:
| This bill aims to strengthen our economy by letting the defense industries be subjected to free market forces in the same manner as the rest of our industrial sectors. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:37:52, August 13, 2007 CET | From | Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Reforms of 2442 |
| Message | We support 2 and 3, but not article 1. We will vote with you on this bill, but we plan to veto Article 1 in the future. |
| Date | 16:59:06, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Defense Industry Reforms of 2442 |
| Message | (1) Strongly support; (2) Oppose; The Government should NOT act as a "investor of last resort" but rather a "LENDER of Last Resort" by giving Sub-Prime Loans to bankrupts businesses to prop themselves up. We forged a Tri-Partisan coalition with the Neo-Whigs and Militarist to oust the last vestiges of Socialism in Rutania. (3) STRONGLY OPPOSE!!! While vigorously support Free Trade, we cannot support a bill that allows Rutanians to sell conventional weapons to terrorists and other rogue nations. |
| Date | 05:11:03, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Vaguely-Remembered Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Reforms of 2442 |
| Message | strongly oppose |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 324 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 238 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against." - Niccolo Machiavelli |