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Bill: Energy Nationalization
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Green 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: August 2478
Description[?]:
| Nationalize the private energy structure. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:51:19, October 29, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Energy Nationalization |
| Message | National energy companies are corrupt and therefore bad for our nation. |
| Date | 20:33:03, October 29, 2007 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the Energy Nationalization |
| Message | No, they're not. Private ones are. |
| Date | 15:25:36, October 30, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Energy Nationalization |
| Message | National companies have the monopoly. In private industries, you see the phenomenon of competition. |
| Date | 19:03:54, October 30, 2007 CET | From | Radical Green Party | To | Debating the Energy Nationalization |
| Message | The profit motive for private industry forces them to offer the cheapest possible product rather than the highest quality. Government-provided services can have their quality and performance guaranteed by the state. |
| Date | 05:42:15, October 31, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Energy Nationalization |
| Message | But it's not the cheapeast possible product. By the way, how can power be presented in high and low quality? It's power, private or national. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 175 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 168 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "While we may not always agree it is my hope that we may always be civil." - Jonathan Clarke, former Hutorian politician |