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Bill: Industrial Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for Individualism and Kitties
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: June 2510
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:51:27, January 01, 2008 CET | From |  Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "Capitalism and freedom are not synonymous." - Heinz Faber |
| Date | 13:56:46, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Party for Individualism and Kitties | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "But related" -Upor Csizmadia, Chancellor |
| Date | 13:58:12, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Coburan Reform Party | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | Sorry, I cannot vote yes after what happened the last time, under normal circumstances I would vote yes |
| Date | 14:32:46, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "No chancellor, they are unrelated in the extreme. It takes just a few seconds to look around you, and you'll see it." |
| Date | 17:19:45, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | This is an economic disaster waiting to happen |
| Date | 17:21:01, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Labour Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | oh, and the Chancellor is also clearly insane to think that capitalism and freedom are "related", prehapes maybe for the people who can afford it, but not for the vast majority of people, not by a long shot. |
| Date | 18:46:18, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Party for Individualism and Kitties | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "Regulation makes people equal. But equality and freedom also are not synonymous. |
| Date | 18:47:57, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Revolucia Partio de Koburo | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "No one made such a suggestion." |
| Date | 18:55:51, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Party for Individualism and Kitties | To | Debating the Industrial Freedom Act |
| Message | "I know. That was my suggestion. The current system is one of regulation, so i felt this would be a good comparison" |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 188 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 190 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 122 |
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| Random quote: "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan |