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Bill: Deregulation of Space Act, 2100
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Imperialist Party
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: February 2102
Description[?]:
| Although we would greatly have prefered to have been able to propose these changes to the preceeding bill of a similar nature, apparently "the period of debate is over" and so we cant. We hope that *most* of Parliament can agree that these measures are sensible, practical and acceptable without the massive risks involved with the dangerous proposals but forward by the Liberty Movement. We believe that these proposals will allow the Government to launch vital satellite programmes and to ensure the safety of private satellite programmes, without unnecessarily stifling the private sector. ADDENDUM I The Government may contract the private sector to launch articles into space in the same way as a private individual or organisation. ADDENDUM II The Government reserves the right to deny permits to companies which it deems to have unsafe operating proceedures. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:21:09, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | We will not vote for a bill that calls our own proposals dangerous. |
| Date | 23:08:26, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | How very partisan of you. |
| Date | 13:07:56, August 25, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | We feel that this is an acceptable compromise. |
| Date | 16:24:17, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Civic Democratic Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | Although the Civic Democrats are currently seatless we fully support this measure as part a healthy regulation of the space industry to ensure the continuation of safety and security for space flight. |
| Date | 18:28:53, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | We would appreciate this bill more if you would remove explicit comments insulting our movement. I do not think it is appropriate for a compromise bill to be insulting certain parties. It would be good parliamentary practice to remove the comments directed against the Liberty movement. |
| Date | 19:44:55, August 25, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | The comments arent directed against you, they are a fair reflection of reality. |
| Date | 23:55:47, August 26, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Space Act, 2100 |
| Message | They are partisan insults, and you should be ashamed to include partisan insults in your bills. I will therefore be glad to see this fail, despite any merits of content that it might have had. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 163 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 436 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." - Oscar Wilde |