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Bill: For a Stronger Economy
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Anarchist Union
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: March 2520
Description[?]:
| To strengthen the economy, we must strengthen the People. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
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 The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Article 4
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 nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Article 10
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 workers have the right to strike.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:20:09, January 19, 2008 CET | From | Parti de Garde Royales | To | Debating the For a Stronger Economy |
| Message | I think the you have made the bank article wrong, but who am I to judge. We vote no in any case. Sen. Dominick Summersdale |
| Date | 18:57:07, January 19, 2008 CET | From | People's Anarchist Union | To | Debating the For a Stronger Economy |
| Message | Ah yes, the drafters of this legislation made a grievous error. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 86 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 162 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
| Random fact: Jelbic = "Group of cultures with an overall Central Asian/Eurasian steppe theme, using a fictional language developed specifically for Particracy". |
| Random quote: "Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities." - Charles De Gaulle |