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Bill: Moderate Privatisation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical 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: December 2569
Description[?]:
| This Bill seeks a compromise, to meet de-regulation targets while accomodating for those which would be disenfranchised from laissez-faire economics. Fieren Goldmark Finance Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: All power stations are publicly owned.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Current: Gambling is illegal.
Proposed: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Current: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Proposed: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:59:22, April 30, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Moderate Privatisation Bill |
| Message | We support Article I regarding gambling, and half heartedly support Article II regarding Library funding. Although we would rather have the funding come from the federal government for libraries, we veiw the proposed value as more beneficial than the current value. We simply can't support Article III regarding health care, as it is one of the few industries we feel strongly about having some sort of nationalization to. We cannot support the abolishment of public health care, as we believe that ensuring the health of our population is essential to keeping the free market working at maximum efficiency. We have concerns with Article IV regarding postal service. Although we are not against an alteration to the current policy, we believe that a 100% privitization of postal service would unecessarily drive up costs. This is bad for our citizens, and quite frankly it's bad for business as well. Article V regarding energy generation is acceptable to us, although we would prefer the co-existence of public and private power generation. Article VI regarding the energy grid however, is not acceptable. The national power grid is far too essential to our country to be put in the hands of private business owners. We prefer the policy as it stands, and at most, would only support handing it over to local governments. Overall, our issues with this bill will force us to vote no. James Lott Chairman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 266 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 41 |
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