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Bill: Military Efficiency Act of 2496
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: February 2497
Description[?]:
This bill simply asserts that it makes absolutely no sense for the Government of Likatonia to not produce their OWN weapons and aircraft bombers in order to cut military expenditure in HALF by removing the illusive "middle man" (private defense contractors). However, this bill does NOT "nationalize" defense industries that are currently in the private sector but just simply allows the military to build its own weapons' equipment and be SELF-sufficient. Thank you for your full support. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns all defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve a term of civilian national service.
Current: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:56:52, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Military Efficiency Act of 2496 |
| Message | So - it turns out the CWFP are not only fascists, but communist, too? |
| Date | 19:07:49, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei | To | Debating the Military Efficiency Act of 2496 |
| Message | TDP, the CAPITALIST Working Families Party DESPISES communism. In fact, this bill even ALLOWS the private ownership of defense industries. However, we feel that it is only COMMON SENSE that the Government (who acts as a PUBLIC TRUST of the People) ought to get the highest return on its investment and if the military produces and manufactures its own equipment, that would save the taxpayers billions of LIK. |
| Date | 19:20:07, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Military Efficiency Act of 2496 |
| Message | So - direct involvement is cheaper than the 'competetive market'? Auhtoritarian control is preferable to the free market? Not only are the CWFP promoting communism, they are promoting STATE communism. Immeressen would be so proud. The problem for the WCFP is - we judge you not on your pretty words, but on your petty deeds. You CLAIM to hate communism, but you usher in your 'red direction' unannounced. We see through your trickery. |
| Date | 20:39:38, December 05, 2007 CET | From | Kapitalist-Arbeitsfamilien Partei | To | Debating the Military Efficiency Act of 2496 |
| Message | TDP, this bill does NOT abolish competition b/c private defense industries are still legal. COMPETITION does lower prices if the State is providing services like heathcare and education to the people. However, in this case, the state is using military equipment ITSELF. However, if a private defense contractor can produce the same amount of weapons more EFFICIENT that the state owned company, then the CWFP's position is that the private company should sell its weapons. |
| Date | 07:23:31, December 06, 2007 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Military Efficiency Act of 2496 |
| Message | The CWFP does not convince anyone with their attempts to confuse the issue. Either nationalising is good, or it is bad. This idea that sometimes the free market is better and sometimes not, makes a liar of the previous CWFP claims. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 488 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 178 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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