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Bill: Collectivation of Industry Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front
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 2454
Description[?]:
A bill to nationalize and collective all industry in Cildania. |
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 and owns all banks.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
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: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are private.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 20:06:11, September 10, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Collectivation of Industry Act |
Message | The people have resoundingly rejected your diseased collectivism, and still you prattle. |
Date | 20:29:26, September 10, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the Collectivation of Industry Act |
Message | First. We reject the notion borgeois parliamentary "democracy" fully represents the people. Corporate ownership of the media and industry will always skew the results towards the capitalist parties. Second. The last election saw communist forces expanded and correspondingly capitalist forces diminished. Liberal capitalists lost, conservative capitalist won. And as the forces of reaction grow so does the forces of revolutionary progress. More and more of your citizens are demanding communism and next time it may not be through the ballot box. |
Date | 20:37:05, September 10, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Cildanian Egoists | To | Debating the Collectivation of Industry Act |
Message | As to your first contention, if democracy fully represented the people, it would be an even worse system than it is currently. Also, you just articulated one of the best reasons for the corporate ownership of media and industry, given that when the State owns media all it spouts is lies, and when the State owns industry it fails to produce. As to your second contention, if your "forces of revolutionary progress" try to use violence to overthrow our new State of Liberty, they will be exterminated like the vermin they are, thus making Cildania even more secure for the forces of freedom. |
Date | 08:59:31, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Happiness Front | To | Debating the Collectivation of Industry Act |
Message | As our Dear Leader Faruz Absalom often says, "Blood makes us stronger and if it is flowing, it is not harming us but giving us strength." and further adding "The blood of the people has a rich perfume and smells like jasmine, violets, and daisies." To kill us only makes us stronger and strengthens the revolution. Who wants a revolution without blood? |
Date | 17:13:46, September 11, 2007 CET | From | Action | To | Debating the Collectivation of Industry Act |
Message | You have taken these policies which are in rash need for reforms and would serve the nation a great deal more under the left, only you have asked for them to be taken too far the left, Straight form one extreme to the other, without the possibility of a thrid way. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 47 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 265 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 113 |
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