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Bill: Infrastructure privatisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Alderdath Laskartalati ije Jenulejer
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2446
Description[?]:
| Continuing to release the State's hold on the Union's companies |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: All power stations are publicly owned.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:48:20, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Laskartalati ije Jenulejer | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | Open to debate |
| Date | 22:54:14, August 16, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | Article 1: What service does private power serve? You can't provide "better" power, so why should I line the pockets of someone who doesn't care about me? Article 2: That scene from Gangs of New York comes to mind. Honestly, this is stupid, and you should be ashamed for proposing. No rational person would go for something like this. Article 3: Unregulated = dangerous. Free Market Failure 101. Article 4: We like the national rail system. Everyone can ride it, no one gets special treatment (by that I mean money doesn't give you the right to segregate yourself) and the trains arrive on time. But again, another pile of crap that will pass because of inactivity. |
| Date | 15:48:13, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Laskartalati ije Jenulejer | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | we have removed the Post Office proposal for future change. Also, what does Phalange have against FREEDOM and CHOICE? Just because Phalange wants to use public services solely does not mean that other citizens want choice. Choice = competitiveness = lower price + better service. |
| Date | 03:42:06, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | competitiveness =/= lower price + better service. competitiveness = lowest cost to produce to gain largest profit. We have nothing against FREEDOM and CHOICE. We have everything against CATERING to PROFIT |
| Date | 13:18:13, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Laskartalati ije Jenulejer | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | Lowest cost is better, no? If lower cost comes with significantly worse service, then the buyers will 'vote with their feet' and use a different company with better service. Other low cost companies will see this and will in turn make their services better. |
| Date | 20:44:55, August 20, 2007 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | Which is why so many people are not shopping at Wal-Mart right? Oh wait... Do you want the car with the lowest cost? Lowest cost means cheap parts, cheap labor, cheap construction, etc. That is what produces lowest price. But in the end it has nothing to do with that. When the safety, ability to have electricity, and ability to mass travel, of the people of this country is in question, the solution is not to "contract out" to private business, who only have a vested interest in making a profit at the expense of the people who work for them and who consume from them. |
| Date | 19:29:01, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Rabrati Konciralati Erradikati | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | We support Articles 1 and 3. In fact, we'd like to go even further than this "mini-privatization". Why should the government be involved in power generation at all?! |
| Date | 21:01:30, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Green Front | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | We oppose the entire bill. State control is needed. |
| Date | 23:41:26, August 21, 2007 CET | From | Alderdath Laskartalati ije Jenulejer | To | Debating the Infrastructure privatisation Act |
| Message | Proposal 2 removed voting started. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 166 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 103 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 70 |
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