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Bill: The Transport Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutori Conservative Council
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: April 2582
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Current: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Proposed: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:58:00, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Liberale Partij (L) | To | Debating the The Transport Act |
| Message | Local governments should decide on funding policy! |
| Date | 14:44:51, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Hutori Conservative Council | To | Debating the The Transport Act |
| Message | Transport is something that we do not believe should be government controlled, even on a local level. Many people never use public transport, and so should not be expected to support a commodity they do not use. It seems much simpler to allow each individual who uses public transport to contribute to its funding by buying a ticket, therefore ensuring that only people who use these commodities pay for them. This is the only fair system we can envisage. However, we may support handing local governments authority over the issue if they were in charge of somehow sub-contracting to private transport companies, but no such option exists unfortunately. |
| Date | 14:52:14, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Groene ArbeidersPartij | To | Debating the The Transport Act |
| Message | I think what everyone seems to forget here is, that only cars using environmental fuels are allowed. This means that there is only a minority of citizens still driving cars by themselves, and the vast majority has turned to public transport. We are against this bill, since we have to be reasonable for the citizens: if we take away their cars, we have to subsidize public transport! |
| Date | 15:20:02, May 25, 2008 CET | From | Hutori Conservative Council | To | Debating the The Transport Act |
| Message | In that case, we will soon provision for the legalization of all cars. The FGGP should keep in mind that people and markets don't often respond well to immediate government regulation and intervention, and, wherever appropriate, they should be given incentives and disincentives instead. Therefore, rather than completely banning cars with a certain fuel type altogether for environmental reasons, perhaps the FGGP should pass legislation for governments to subsidize fuel-efficient cars, and taxes on petrol, if they want to achieve their goals in a market-friendly and effective fashion. We would not support such a measure, but it would be a step in the right direction. The current system is absurd, in that it applies still un-proven environmental theory and hysteria and conforms all of society to its concepts. We do not, and will not subscribe to sensationalist environmental conspiracies, and we do not believe that carbon emmissions have an effect on global warming to the same extent that the FGGP seem to believe they do, keeping in mind that the vast majority of greenhouse gases consist of natural methane, emmitted with or without human influence. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 121 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 180 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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