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Bill: Free Enterprise Act 2570
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vanuku Freedom 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: January 2573
Description[?]:
| Sec. 1 SHORT TITLE This act may be cited as the 'Free Enterprise Act 2570' Sec. 2 PROVISIONS The Minister of Trade and Industry, in consultation with the chancellor, shall make provision for the sale of all publicly owned corporations and enterprises. Sec. 3 EFFECTIVENESS The provisions of this act shall take effect immediately, and shall be carried out in full not less than five years following its passage. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:31:15, May 03, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Sinatranoan Party | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | Should subsidies/relief still be made available to nominated privately-run critical services, if they are in trouble and not providing the standard of service Vanuku requires? It could be construed as un-democratic for the Government to seize control of the industry again if it is failing. |
| Date | 03:01:04, May 03, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | One of the great advantages of the private market is competition: if a particular company cannot provide goods or services to the satisfaction of its customers, its competitors will prosper. And that's the terribly flaw of the current system - there is no alternative to poorly performing public corporations. |
| Date | 07:21:53, May 03, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Sinatranoan Party | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | An excellent point. |
| Date | 13:38:45, May 03, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Freedom Party | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | Massive state ownership of industry has been a failure everywhere it has ever been applied; to think it would be any different in Vanuku is the worst sort of arrogance. Fellow Vanukans, it is time for us to return to the only sane economic system: free enterprise. |
| Date | 07:07:07, May 04, 2008 CET | From | Federalist Party of Vanuku | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | No support. |
| Date | 00:30:15, May 08, 2008 CET | From | Vanuku Sinatranoan Party | To | Debating the Free Enterprise Act 2570 |
| Message | What about telemarketers? If the Gavernment does not intervene at all, can they stop Vanuks being harrassed during dinner by persistent telemarketing callers? We have heard tales of horror regarding this loophole from other nations on Terra. Perhaps some sort of national register citizens can enrol onto to be exempt from telemarketing calls? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 18 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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