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Bill: National Liberal Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical 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: August 2604
Description[?]:
| Telamon has witnessed its highest levels of growth under a system of wide-spread privatisation. Harkening back to the Goldmark era is proof that the private sector most aptly manages the economy, while local government should be assigned the task of overseeing moral and social politics. Maria Snowdon Finance Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates and owns all banks.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: Civil marriages are defined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:30:32, July 09, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the National Liberal Act |
| Message | why do this now, it will just be kicked back after the elections -.- |
| Date | 20:33:17, July 09, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the National Liberal Act |
| Message | We like article V, but disagree quite deeply with article IV, which provides no provisions to provide for the disadvantaged. Daunte Woodson Chairman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 00:03:52, July 11, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the National Liberal Act |
| Message | Oh, look, the TNP is supporting mass privatization. Smells like a flip-flopper to me. Daunte Woodson Chairman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 02:57:52, July 11, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the National Liberal Act |
| Message | I will support the first article, but I will not stand for the remaining 4. Anton Drexler Liberal Alliance of Telamon |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 235 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 266 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "Man is by nature a political animal." - Aristotle |