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Bill: Privatisation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: People 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: March 2534
Description[?]:
| Public Services Privatised. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the organization of police/law enforcement
Old value:: There is a national police department funded by the national government and there are local police departments, funded by local governments.
Current: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Proposed: The operation and funding of the police is left to local governments.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Proposed: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Proposed: Education is private, but the government issues vouchers to pay for the schooling of disadvantaged children.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:10:58, February 17, 2008 CET | From | People Party | To | Debating the Privatisation Bill |
| Message | Power to business and local government. Hello, I am new!! Janice Andrews, People Party Leader |
| Date | 23:23:41, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Privatisation Bill |
| Message | Section 1: We need to protect our environment and our national parks. Section 2: Just because somebody is poor doesn't mean they should die because they can't afford healthcare. A poor person's life is not worth any less then a rich person's life. Malivia's healthcare system should reflect that. Section 3: We don't have any objections to that one. Section 4: What about poor families that have babies? Why don't they deserve nurseries? Section 5: No way. Vouchers are a bad idea, because they involve handouts to companies. Any time government gives handouts to companies, it turns into a graft scheme for politicians. |
| Date | 23:25:36, February 17, 2008 CET | From | People Party | To | Debating the Privatisation Bill |
| Message | We need to make stronger investment into public services and lets have a revolution take place where we allow for business to seek control of our services. |
| Date | 03:47:21, February 18, 2008 CET | From | Militarist Party | To | Debating the Privatisation Bill |
| Message | The Militarist Party is more of a capito-socialist alignment. We believe in firm government control over the most productive and profitable businesses and industries, but with a healthy private sector alongside. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 482 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 268 |
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