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Bill: Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberale Partij (L)
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: April 2581
Description[?]:
| Liberal-minded civil servants have proposed to the government that the Hutori Space Agency be dismantled, and that the available funds be spent elsewhere. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:54:39, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Hutori Conservative Council | To | Debating the Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64 |
| Message | We might be able to agree to this, though we do think that space exploration is something of national importance. If private firms make advancements in space exploration (which may be unlikely, as the costs are enormous and we are not sure as to where they would find that much funding), Hutori cannot be credited with this, where if the industry was state-owned, it would be. Having said that, we do also believe that the costs of space exploration are immense, and the benefits to society are not enough to justify their large tax-contributions towards it. Even if some great things are achieved by the space industry, the people of Hutori won't make a substantial return on their investments. Therefore, we support this proposal, albeit with some minor reservations. |
| Date | 17:53:52, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64 |
| Message | Who are we to regulate the use of space? |
| Date | 20:08:02, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64 |
| Message | OOC: I think this depends on how space exploration has evolved in the 26th century on Terra. I will abstain unless I know how far technology has gone, in order to see whether this coherts with our stances. There is a lot of difference in it if we have interplanetair trade agreements or anything, of if Terra hasn't found any other life, or even other planets, in space. |
| Date | 20:13:18, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Union | To | Debating the Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64 |
| Message | OOC: It may be the 26th century, but everything reflects contemporary technology. |
| Date | 22:14:10, May 23, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the Bureaucratic cost-saving initiative #64 |
| Message | Then we will vote no. Space must be kept pure, and we need to oversee private companies. Imagine everyone would start dumping their waste in open space. This would be desastrous. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 167 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 134 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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