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Bill: Free Speech Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party
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: November 2041
Description[?]:
| Governmental control of the airways leads to the suppression of other points of view. This bill brings in a necessary amendment. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | http://www.libertarian.co.uk/news/nr015.htm Not to mention, it's a complete waste of our money... |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | We disagree |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | The Rakko Party supports this proposal. Governments should have no such thing as a radio channel. There is too much room to abuse it. |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | I changed it a bit...we're off to privatise both...tv and radio |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Hmm... I'm ambiguous on the subject of television privatization. Government run television channels aren't too biased, in my experience. |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | It's really the same thing ...you wouldn't be consistent in supporting one and opposing another. Remmeber this doesn't mean we can't have something like NPR, which serves a public function yet is not funded by the government. |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Good point. In all honesty, I'm ambigous on both. The voting populace solves my ambiguity though - smaller government is supported by the voters. |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | So you'll support it then? I'll bring this to vote. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Proletariat Revolution Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Shouldn't there be some control? We should have one main outlet sponsored by the government; not for propoganda purposes, but rather for cultural purposes that way the people can still rely on one media outlet that reflects their culture and heritage. |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | In America, people use NPR ..which is still private. Then theres the Discovery channel, Nat Geo , everything under the sun. There are show for almost anything under the sun. Why spend on another channel ...when we could use that money on something else? |
| Date | 08:15:47, July 04, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Free Speech Act |
| Message | Im against PP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 51 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 19 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 11 |
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