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Bill: Defense Industry Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists
Status[?]: passed
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 2542
Description[?]:
| Like it says.. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:56:20, March 02, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | Ohhh...I'm on the fence for I like both. Give me a reason to support this. |
| Date | 20:01:43, March 02, 2008 CET | From | Tukarali Popular Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | We will definatly support this. |
| Date | 21:47:12, March 02, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | We cannot allow our military to be held to ransom by private companies charging overly high prices for military hardware. The state owned corporation ensures that our military has a choice in supplier, and they will make sure the price is kept low. Private suppliers will compete with the state on an equal footing. The current situation is the best compromise. |
| Date | 14:01:45, March 04, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | We can support either or. |
| Date | 23:45:17, March 04, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | If a certain company charges to high prices, you go to another company, simple as that. And off course, just like any other sector there're anti-trust laws ensuring competition, prohibiting cartels and accompagning artificially high prices. After all, the free market economy is the most efficient way of producing goods and services. Though it's our belief the government should step in in certain cases (eg market failures), we believe this not to be the case here. |
| Date | 02:02:19, March 05, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | oppose I cannot corporate welfare, much less to defense contractors who don't need it |
| Date | 02:19:07, March 05, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | Or, instead of all the regulatory nonsense, we can simply maintain a state owned corporation to enforce competition through the free market. |
| Date | 02:19:31, March 06, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Defense Industry Bill |
| Message | Passed |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 311 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 189 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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