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Bill: The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495
Details
Submitted by[?]: Démocrates de la Gauche
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: April 2496
Description[?]:
| Article 1 Click here to remove this proposal. Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services. Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service. Current: There are no regulations on phone service. Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:28:33, December 03, 2007 CET | From |  Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | This will prohibit phone companies from price goughing, of which there is no saying they can't do it and will help pay for the people who need help the most. |
| Date | 05:23:07, December 03, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | We do not support this government regulation. |
| Date | 07:09:46, December 03, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | To keep prices from becoming ridiculous? |
| Date | 16:42:33, December 03, 2007 CET | From | Social Liberal Party - D.L.J. | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | We definitely support regulation of prices |
| Date | 18:34:22, December 03, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | we support |
| Date | 18:44:21, December 03, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | We are of the opinion that government regulation increases costs for private corporations - and that those costs are then passed on their customers. |
| Date | 02:00:14, December 04, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | Well how would this raise the prices for the private corporations? We are saying that they cannot price gauge when it comes to telephone monthly charges. |
| Date | 02:09:08, December 04, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | Corporations have to spend time and money on determining if they are meeting certain regulations - which includes the hiring of staff to ensure they are complying. These additional costs will be felt by their customers. With our vibrant free market economy, consumers can choose a different telephone provider if they are not satisfied with the price or service from their current one. We need to empower consumers, not the central government. |
| Date | 02:14:15, December 04, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | But usually those corporations get together and jack up the prices and agree to keep it that high. While leaving the people to do nothing. And all the companies have to know is if they are charging over what the government says at their regular company meetings, it's not a multi million dollar process. |
| Date | 02:15:16, December 04, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | We are for limited regulation of the economy for the reasons we stated. |
| Date | 02:17:26, December 04, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the The Fair Telephone Price Act of 2495 |
| Message | But what reasons? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 168 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 247 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 86 |
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