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Bill: Progressive Public Transport
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: August 2494
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:19:20, November 30, 2007 CET | From | Saiserist League | To | Debating the Progressive Public Transport |
| Message | Simply put, public transport is a government department. It should be fully maintained and functioning whether there are enough payees or not, because the "user-pay" system inevitably sends public transport systems into a financial death spiral. |
| Date | 02:54:26, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Progressive Public Transport |
| Message | "And what do we tell the people who don't use public transport? What do we tell the millions of rural farmers who've absolutely no use for public transport? They still pay tax!" ~Michale O'Donnell, DM for the rural electorate of Soloman |
| Date | 09:07:03, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Saiserist League | To | Debating the Progressive Public Transport |
| Message | "You know, it seems to me that it is the government's duty to keep the buses running and the metros on time. Yes, it's another application of tax, but almost all taxes taken from people are spent in a manner unrelated to them. What does we tell the rural farmers whom we're taxing to pay the salaries of the Head of State and other government employees, whom they probably don't care very much about? The proper question in this matter ought to be, why are we punishing the people who have to use public transport?" -Daniel Vladimirovich Feterokov, Chairman of the Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| Date | 13:38:54, December 01, 2007 CET | From | Irish Party | To | Debating the Progressive Public Transport |
| Message | No. I'd agree to a partial subsidising, but not fully. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 42 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 286 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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