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Bill: Locomotive Liberation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Saiserist League
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: July 2494
Description[?]:
| The state of anarchy and chaos engineered by Zardugal's fully-private train industry necessitates the opening of a nationalized line as well to provide stability to the system, and ensure that passengers are delivered on time at a fair price. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:13:53, November 30, 2007 CET | From |  Ancient and Noble Order of the Cavaliers | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | "Why? Why cause such confusion? If it is to be properly run at all, it should be either one or the other! A mixed system can only lead to chaos." -Chancellor Lord Lawlborough |
| Date | 03:28:08, November 30, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | Why? 1. We can spend our money on better things than running a TOC. 2. Competition and the free market will take care of lowering prices. 3. Like the cavalier party said, a mixed system will lead to chaos. |
| Date | 07:39:08, November 30, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | "The Cavaliers and the Democrats some up the flaws of this bill. All I can add this that the Locomotive Industry has already being Liberated from tyranny. It was privatized over 70 years ago." ~Harold Holt, DM |
| Date | 08:12:26, November 30, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | OCC: Unfortunately, Particracy does not offer the option I prefer: The state owns the railway-grid, while private TOCs supply the train service. Therfore, we vote no. |
| Date | 12:47:16, November 30, 2007 CET | From | Saiserist League | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | "We would like to ask our fine political allies of the National Authoritarian Movement, what option would they prefer to the prevalent question of the Train Operating Companies? They have been rather vague, and the Revolutionary Socialist Party would like for all of Zardugal to know they are interested in consensus, so as to achieve at least some modicum of progress." -Daniel Vladimirovich Feterokov, speaking to ZBC reporters |
| Date | 14:27:29, November 30, 2007 CET | From | National Authoritarian Movement | To | Debating the Locomotive Liberation |
| Message | "We believe, that only a free market can guarantee low prices for public transport. Therefore we cannot vote for this bill." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 94 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 307 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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