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Bill: Free the Air Waves
Details
Submitted by[?]: Operation Chaos
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: June 2485
Description[?]:
| Current laws allow the corporate whores to pollute the news with lies and filtered information. Radio and television should be by and for the people, not for Wonder Mop 6000 and Easy-Action Dusk Dish Soap. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:33:40, November 12, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Free the Air Waves |
| Message | We support the idea of public TV and radio, but private broadcasters should also be allowed to operate. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 127 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 453 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 112 |
| Random fact: It is not allowed to call more than 5 elections in 5 game years in a nation. The default sanction for a player persisting in the early election tactic will be a seat reset. |
| Random quote: "You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad, in fact, to do anything it wants." - Harry Browne |