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Bill: Freedom from Control
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian 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: October 2120
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS The government holds an unfair advantage in competing with private development in the industrial arena, by virtue of the ability to set tax policy, monetary policy, and regulatory environments, AND free competition promote effeciency in operations and marketing, by allowing the free flow of capital, labor, and finished goods, THEREFORE we propose that the government denationalize those industries it currently owns, and remove itself from the competitive marketpalce, allowing free trade to flourish and enrich the entire nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:21:37, September 28, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Freedom from Control |
| Message | Senator Dee Centralize, of Gokitan, rises to propose this measure. "The government has beenruning industrial operations long enough to show that it is not the most efficient way of operating these areas. Sell them on the open market, raise some money for the government, and put them back on the tax roles, where they can be most profitable to their investors and to the economy at large" |
| Date | 23:24:48, September 28, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Freedom from Control |
| Message | 'On the contrary' argues Septimus Snoring, the LPE secretary for infrastructure. 'The nationalisation of the nation's most critical industries has been a resounding success. Of course the private companies have lost out, but those to whom we provide the services are reaping the benefits of a government controlled market - lower transport and water prices, emergency services who really care about saving lives, not their quotas or budget or cutting corners. Those industries privatised are not numerous enough to create a significant hole in the running of the free market, and some things should be run not primarily for profit but for the benefit of those they are intended to help. Please do not vote to remove a system that is providing services and security to so many. |
| Date | 06:01:06, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom from Control |
| Message | Ideally, the AAP would like to see the government as a 'last-ditch' safeguard to industry - but we have to admire the purity of the RLP libertarian ideal. Since we seem unable to pass legislation that imposes 'last-gasp' sponsorship (just because we would appreciate the 'safetynet' it would provide), the AAP is willing to offer tentative support to this positive libertarian action. |
| Date | 23:19:58, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Freedom from Control |
| Message | The AAP has promoted a different, and new, alternative to this Bill, which is already at the vote. Thus, regretfully, the AAP must vote against this Bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 68 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 179 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 28 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
| Random quote: "The main problem of the left is that it has been traditionally divided and unable to reach agreements between different leftist views, whilst the right has almost always moved in the same direction by giving concessions to different rightist points of view." - Aelius Celer, former Selucian politician |