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Bill: Communications Liberalisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Liberal Party
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 2098
Description[?]:
| The Parliament of the Beluzian Republic, Disturbed by the reported financial problems of telephone companies upon the “Economics Extravaganza!” Act; Repeals Article 2 of the Economics Extravaganza act and any delegated authorities flowing from this act; Empowers the minister of Health and Social Services to set up a programme of subsidies for low income families to compensate for the costs of using the phone service. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:12:13, August 17, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Communications Liberalisation Act |
| Message | We encourage parties to state their position on this bill and suggest amendments. |
| Date | 12:23:58, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Communications Liberalisation Act |
| Message | Discouraged that no party has chosen to respond, we put this to vote. I implore this house to respond to bills of other partes in the debating stage. |
| Date | 17:35:20, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Communications Liberalisation Act |
| Message | This is a horrible change because it's a mixed question. ((OOC nothing to do with you though SLP your more than welcome to write this)) I don't support poor family subsidies because phones are a luxury not a right however I don't think it should be cost regulated. However I don't need to vote... |
| Date | 17:58:02, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Social-Liberal Party | To | Debating the Communications Liberalisation Act |
| Message | I can assure the PAL representative that we believe in a general tax cut over specific subsidies. However, we prefer subsidies as a more politically and economically viable alternative to regulation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 150 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 109 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 15 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels |