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Bill: Telephone Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty 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: November 2611
Description[?]:
| Article 1: Title section 1: This shall be known as the Telephone Regulation Act section 2: The short form shall be known as the TRA Article 2: Purpose section 1: The state shall subsidize the cost of phone service for those who are considered to be low income section 2: The state shall regulate the prices that phone companies charge in order to prevent overcharging customers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:28:48, July 23, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | Stop trying to institute price controls, they do nothing but ruin the economy. You know we have dropped 3 places in the world ranking since these price controls started coming into force? You are making us less competitive internationally, for no good reason. |
| Date | 06:30:07, July 23, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | So you want our people to be priced out of electricity, telephone, etc? |
| Date | 06:33:35, July 23, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | Uh, we have subsidies. And high minimum incomes. Nobody's being priced out of any essential services. |
| Date | 06:34:43, July 23, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | That is what you think. We have received numerous complaints that people are having a hard time paying phone bills because of high prices. |
| Date | 06:40:39, July 23, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Telephone Regulation Act |
| Message | Price controls are not the way to address that matey, price controls will mean that less money in put into infrastructure, which in turn means worse service for everyone. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 217 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 219 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
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