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Bill: Nationalization Act 2511
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Socialist Party
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: October 2511
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:50:23, January 04, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization Act 2511 |
| Message | Clearly our economy has feel into corporate hands , which is unreliable and works only in the interest of profit and not that of needs of the people of aldegar |
| Date | 03:57:52, January 04, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Nationalization Act 2511 |
| Message | If we look at statistics we see that government is the one that cant be trusted to run anything. Under government services are unreliable. Free market offers a far better way. |
| Date | 04:07:48, January 04, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization Act 2511 |
| Message | No it doesn't , the free market and the multinational corporations are not elected therefore have no obligation to serve the people unless it makes profitable sense |
| Date | 04:25:19, January 04, 2008 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Nationalization Act 2511 |
| Message | Corporations make their living by serving the public. The better goods and services they provide the better they do. If they do not do good enough the consumers take their money elsewhere. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 286 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 342 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 122 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant." - Karl Popper |