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Bill: Defence Industry Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Totalitarian 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: February 2115
Description[?]:
| Presently, our nation's defence industries are entirely owned by private companies. We feel the state should own at least some of the more important production companies. We suggest all chemical, biological and nuclear weapons manufacturing facilities be owned by the state. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:01:26, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Defence Industry Act |
| Message | Doesn't the government have better things to do than dabble in making planes and tanks? The existing private companies have expertise in this field, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. |
| Date | 14:14:04, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Defence Industry Act |
| Message | We did not suggest the government construct planes and tanks. The bill clearly states chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. We feel these weapons are better handled by the government. It can provide the security required for such weapons, and can ensure they do not fall into the wrong hands. We agree that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, though. The existing employees of the private WMD manufacturers could be brought over to the new state-run facilities. |
| Date | 00:08:50, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Defence Industry Act |
| Message | We support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 221 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 18 |
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| Random quote: "Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society." - Franklin D. Roosevelt |