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Bill: Coburan National Industry Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolucia Partio de Koburo
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: February 2498
Description[?]:
| "We cannot allow Coburan companies to be bought by other nations. They must remain Coburan, in Cobura, and serving the people of Cobura. People over profit!" - Walter McFadden, Trade and Industry Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:51:03, December 07, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | Companies must remain coburan?....ridicilous.... |
| Date | 21:04:50, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | National companies, they should belong to the people. Of course, you don't care about the people, unless they're breaking their backs to make you rich. |
| Date | 21:52:23, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Reform Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | You dont care for the people, this would cut investing and would harm economy and leave people unemployed, this is pretty restrictive measure.... |
| Date | 21:55:12, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | No. All those foreign investors will destroy our economy and then run away with our capital, causing untold mayhem and destruction. See Argentina for an example. |
| Date | 22:01:02, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Reform Party | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | We are not in Argentina, And by the way "foreign investors will destroy our economy and then run away with our capital" is just another version of "Immigrants will destroy our country" |
| Date | 22:04:24, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | No. It's not. One is an argument against globalisation, the other is racism. |
| Date | 22:07:04, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Reform Party | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | You said that only Foreign Investors will destroy our economy and run away with our capital, what about corrupt COBURAN CEOs? |
| Date | 22:08:54, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | I never used the word only. Try and read properly? I don't agree with privatisation, ok? |
| Date | 23:25:41, December 07, 2007 CET | From | Coburan Reform Party | To | Debating the Coburan National Industry Protection Act |
| Message | Fair enough. :P |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 118 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 264 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 118 |
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