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Bill: Homeland Nationalisation
Details
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 2515
Description[?]:
| "In the most dangerous of times why is it that we still entrust so much to devious private individuals that have no interest in the future of Beiteynu, only in personal profit. It is time to accept that it is the state that in the best position to run the economy of Beiteynu and the state that is in the best position to ensure all people are catered for and given an acceptable standard of living. The state is the Homeland, the Homeland is the nation, the nation is the Jewish people; the Jewish people should be in charge of the Jewish people." -- Rosh HaMemshala Elyah Eliashiv NOTE: All workers must belong to Agudat shel-HaYehudit HaMa'avak (Union of the Jewish Struggle). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 18
Proposed: 100
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The professional retirement age.
Old value:: 67
Current: 64
Proposed: 75
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 15
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Current: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Proposed: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Article 16
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All strikes are illegal.
Article 17
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:39:50, January 10, 2008 CET | From | Pharaoh's People's Party | To | Debating the Homeland Nationalisation |
| Message | The PPP would love this bill, were it not for Articles 9, 10, and 16. Sadly, these prevent us from supporting it. |
| Date | 20:13:20, January 10, 2008 CET | From |  Ma'avak | To | Debating the Homeland Nationalisation |
| Message | "If the PPP is willing to go to the same lengths that we are in regards to nationalisation then it must stand that they have the same trust in the ability of the state to provide the best industrial and agricultural service possibe for all its citizens. As such we are confused as to why they feel it acceptable to allow workers to strike, thus expressing dissatisfaction with a service that can clearly get no better. Strikes against the nationalised state will achieve nothing as the service cannot be bettered thus they will only serve to play into the hands of those that wish to see the economic collapse of Beiteynu. As for DWC's they are intended to allow workers to achieve better conditions and wages but we reiterate the conditions and wages provided by the state will clearly be the best possible conditions and wages thus DWC's under the nationalised state shall be obsolete. We are merely closing loopholes and ensuring foreign interests cannot be played out through such bodies, do not forget that the Pan Terran Red Army grows stronger each day and pledges to use DWC's and strikes to further world revolution. At the same time Pontesian troops are permitted in Tadraki and Luthorian troops in Endild, to say we are under threat is a gross understatement and to say we must weed out all bodies that can be used to serve the interests of those that would happily see the death of the Jewish Homeland is nothing more than a basic necessity. For the Homeland!" -- Rosh HaMemshala Elyah Eliashiv |
| Date | 06:55:30, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot Party | To | Debating the Homeland Nationalisation |
| Message | Though the bill in a step in the right direction, we believe many of its proposals go too far in restricting the people of Beiteynu and making the government overly powerful (making it increasingly open to corruption from outside influences). This is especially evident in Articles 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, and 13. These articles make the bill currently unacceptable. |
| Date | 20:34:57, January 11, 2008 CET | From | Robot Avenging Stalinist Party | To | Debating the Homeland Nationalisation |
| Message | We cannot support the entirety of this bill, and feel that the issues we approve of can be better addressed in separate bills. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 82 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 283 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill |