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Bill: Phone Service Bill.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Democratic Socialists
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 2448
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:04:27, August 29, 2007 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Phone Service Bill. |
| Message | Free phone lines...sure. That's what competition is all about. You know that everybody has to pay more after taxes than now, don't you? |
| Date | 07:46:43, August 29, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Phone Service Bill. |
| Message | pay more taxes.... pay less for phone lines.... cancel out? and infact its cheaper, because private phone lines are run for a profit, while a national service runs to provide the best possible service. Private = Cost of Line (C) + Corporate Profit Margin (M) = Cost to "consumer" = C+M Public = Cost of Line = Cost to consumer = C seems better to everyone EXCEPT those who own the communication industries to me./..... |
| Date | 14:38:15, August 29, 2007 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Phone Service Bill. |
| Message | Except you're incorrectly making the assumption that the private C = public C. You see, the public sector as you point out is not run for profit. Therefore there is no incentive to operate as efficiently as a corporation (the taxpayers having had their brains destroyed by bad socialist TV). It could then be easily argued that public C > private C. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 118 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 134 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 48 |
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