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Bill: Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bull Moose 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: April 2445
Description[?]:
| We contend that for too long has the goverment funded the massive system of libraries that proliferate all over this nation. We assert that the existance of these facilities have been depressing not only the book rental industry, but also the book publishing industry. We propose that the goverment cuts of all support for libraries to encourage private-sector growth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government provides local governments with funding to operate libraries.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: Books may only be obtained through private dealers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:08:16, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry |
| Message | We oppose. Libraries are the biggest purchasers of books, and without them, the book publishing industry would be harmed. Your bill is doing the opposite of what you suggest. |
| Date | 15:38:52, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Bull Moose Party | To | Debating the Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry |
| Message | These state-sanctioned book repositories are crushing the potential for privately-held book rental facilities. Currently, public libraries may be the largest purchasers of books, but with a state-santioned funds, why wouldn't they be? We should eliminate those funds to encourage private-sector growth. |
| Date | 18:06:20, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Tukarali Communist Party | To | Debating the Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry |
| Message | Libraries exist mostly as a subsidy to the education of the lower classes. They exist as not-for-profit entities in order to allow those who cannot afford book rental at an institution that charges to have the same access to education that anyone else in the nation enjoys. If we remove public library funding, we are removing yet another of the methods that you economic deregulators say the poor can use to pull themselves up. And besides, book rental only works in the library system because it is free. A for-profit book rental industry would appeal to no one. The wealthy can afford book ownership, and the poor would not be able to justify renting books over paying living expenses. |
| Date | 10:12:23, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry |
| Message | Indeed, libraries are an essential part of our cultural and educational efforts and an enourmous source of information who should be open to the public. Poeple who otherwise would not buy a book, or could not afford to buy them, can now access them more easily. It would be stupid to get rid of them. |
| Date | 05:10:24, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Bull Moose Party | To | Debating the Proposal to eliminate goverment regulation of the book rental industry |
| Message | Proposing Bill as a symbolic measure. Expecting to get shot down. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 108 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 342 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 45 |
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