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Bill: Deregulation of the Phone Service
Details
Submitted by[?]: GUBA 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: November 2552
Description[?]:
| We do not need to be meddling around in the private sector. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: There are no regulations on phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:42:45, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Phone Service |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 00:24:35, March 27, 2008 CET | From | People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Phone Service |
| Message | A good idea in principle, but communication is an important right for all, and allowing any rates to be charged is a considerable risk. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 500 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." - Noam Chomsky |