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Bill: Defense Industries Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party of Telamon
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 2452
Description[?]:
| Subsidizing defense industries merely encourages them to lobby for more wars which are useless, since they make more money and workers get jobs. We should take this money instead and put it directly back into our economy for a better boost. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:53:31, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the Defense Industries Reform Act |
| Message | We do not feel comfortable leaving all of the defence industries to the private sector. |
| Date | 01:00:58, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Defense Industries Reform Act |
| Message | We will support this. We would hope that cutting subsidies for defence industries will lead to a reduction in military spending at the next budget proposal, though. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 319 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 414 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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