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Bill: Infrastructure Reform Act #2
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei
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: January 2494
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:08:07, November 29, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act #2 |
| Message | This strikes us as a fundamentally bad idea. We should be tearing down all the power lines, not handing them out like candy to the highest bidder. |
| Date | 07:16:35, November 29, 2007 CET | From | Permissive Social Union | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act #2 |
| Message | We see infrastructure incompatibilities across multiple companies, as well as inefficient and fragmented emergency contingencies. No. |
| Date | 14:01:38, November 29, 2007 CET | From | Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act #2 |
| Message | Can someone please explain what "disadvantages" will come from this bill??? On the contrary, it will BENEFIT the people. Case in point: under the currently law, the Government has a MONOPOLY over electrical energy production since it owns the ENTIRE grid!!! According to "Economics 101" that is taught at Immerence University in St. Vodinsberg, this means that there is NO COMPETITION in the market (since Government owns everything). However, since the sources of electrical energy (oil, coal, water, hydrogen, potatoes, ethanol, biodiesel, etccc) are LIMITED in number by nature, this means that in order to efficiently allocate the energy resources, electricity has to be RATIONED or the PRICE has to SKYROCKET on poor and middle class consumers. In addition, the State will have to "cut" the energy---thus ***diminishing*** the QUALITY---in order to cut costs. In a nutshell, anytime there is a MONOPOLY on a good or service, this means that there are only 3 possible results: (1) The Price will SKYROCKET; (2) There will be RATIONING of critical energy resources; (3) The Quality will DIMINISH; *********************************************************************************************************************** Therefore, the most EFFICIENT solution would be to allow MULTIPLE private companies to own a "piece" of the grid and electrical energy; This will lead to COMPETITION. Case in Point: (1) Company A produces the BEST quality of electricity and energy but their price is EXPENSIVE!!! (2) Therefore, what do you think Company B who has a lower quality electricity going to do to COMPETE for these millions of Likath profits??? That's right: they will drastically CUT their price to make it cheaper than Company A in order to get a higher market share and profit (common sense); (3) Then again, Company C comes along and creates a solution to offer an even BETTER quality of electricity than Company A, but again, CHEAPER than the electricity that is sold by Company B. In this case, the PEOPLE (represented as CONSUMERS) are KING b/c they are getting a better quality for a cheaper price; (4) Now, again, will Company A and Company B just stand by and let Company C acquire a *de facto* EFFICIENCY monopoly??? OF COURST NOT!!! They are going to, in turn, drastically ***improve*** the QUALITY of their electricity while ***lowering*** the PRICE .......and the cycle continues ON and ON AGAIN further enhancing the benefit to the PEOPLE!!! Thank you for your full support. |
| Date | 17:10:51, November 29, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act #2 |
| Message | More CWFP rubbish. We wish they would quit reposting the same inane propaganda over and over. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 362 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 255 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
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