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Bill: Economic Failsafe
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Kafuristan
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: July 2559
Description[?]:
| Proposed actions should our economy either enter a large recession, become overly affected by organized crime (private business), or be deemed unfit for human consumption. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising 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 large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 3
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: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Current: Both the government and the private sector can set up gated communities.
Proposed: No gated communities are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: All television stations are owned by the state.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Article 8
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 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on 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 10
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Proposed: Private cars are not allowed.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: 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.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:54:38, March 22, 2008 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | Against 6, 7 and 18. |
| Date | 09:53:31, March 30, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | Either propose, or delete this, please. |
| Date | 05:29:42, April 01, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | The bill, now trimmed of separate bills already passed, is scheduled to be proposed only should our economy either enter a large recession, become overly affected by organized crime (private business), or be deemed unfit for human consumption. |
| Date | 19:33:06, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | I would like to advise you to recreate this particular when that time comes. For now, debate bills continue to compile and soon enough, we'll have the section messed up. Please, as a fellow politician, I would like to urge you to either delete or propose this bill. |
| Date | 23:43:04, April 09, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | We have been anticipating the voting process ever since our new military spending bill demanded 99% taxes, but had to wait for the elections to be processed. The extreme cuts in personal income now demand the government to step in for industries and subsidize purchases somewhat, as the individual citizen cannot afford needed goods. This clearly qualifies as the beginning of a large recession, thus this bill is trying to fix that. Let's see what happens. :-) |
| Date | 00:34:11, April 10, 2008 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the Economic Failsafe |
| Message | I dislike giving each emirate its own power grid. I also dislike not allowing gated communities. I believe the Residential Complexes the KSP maintains would fall in that category. But, we won't close them one way or the other so it doesn't really matter what the national law is. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 238 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 477 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |