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Bill: Monopolies Ban Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative 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: December 2600
Description[?]:
| It's plain fact that monopolies are detrimental to economy and they don`t provide the products and services they deserve. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates and owns all banks.
Current: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Current: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:25:02, June 28, 2008 CET | From |  NWOIAUCFCCNUCDMFSatanilicRepublicanParty | To | Debating the Monopolies Ban Act |
| Message | SRP Minister Of Trade and Industry Rev. Lex Luthor: This bill doesn't go far enough in freeing the economy from the wrenched claw of communism, but it's a step in the right direction. We support this bill. |
| Date | 19:47:13, June 28, 2008 CET | From | Partido Laborista Socialista | To | Debating the Monopolies Ban Act |
| Message | Are you mad?! Would you let the bourgeois into our economy to sponge of the hard work and effort of the workers? Please tell us this is a joke. We have implemented this so that large corporations cannot oppress the working men of this country, not so that the workers cannot make goods for themselves. Your argument is ludicrous in the highest degree. Keep the workers free! |
| Date | 00:04:32, June 29, 2008 CET | From | Partido Conservador de Davostan | To | Debating the Monopolies Ban Act |
| Message | It is a first step, but a necessary one. Support on all counts. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 68 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 68 |
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