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Bill: Government Act 2442
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vox Popularis Imperator
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: January 2443
Description[?]:
| The Government must remain strong and defiant at all costs, no expenses are to large, the betterment of the People is the ultimate goal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
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: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
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 4
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, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
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 | 17:24:44, August 15, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Government Act 2442 |
| Message | Good luck, but I don't think this will find much support in Rutania. |
| Date | 02:26:39, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Government Act 2442 |
| Message | Vox a clever idea, becoming a big government supporter in a nation of small government parties. The people may love you for this but we will continue to kill your bills until you gain a monstrous majority. |
| Date | 05:13:00, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Vaguely-Remembered Party | To | Debating the Government Act 2442 |
| Message | no |
| Date | 05:26:15, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Government Act 2442 |
| Message | NO, NO, NO!!!! "The Soviet Union is the EVIL EMPIRE.......Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that [Berlin] wall!!!" ---Ronald Reagan, the ONLY American President to carry 49 States--- |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 152 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 360 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 238 |
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