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Bill: Upper-Class Welfare Phone Service Elimination Act (2654)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Social Democratic Republicans
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: February 2655
Description[?]:
| To end free phone service but regulate rates stemming from natural monopolies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:16:54, October 20, 2008 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Upper-Class Welfare Phone Service Elimination Act (2654) |
| Message | We will not support these attacks on the public institution that have existed for centuries. |
| Date | 02:55:13, October 20, 2008 CET | From |  Imperial Pluralism Party | To | Debating the Upper-Class Welfare Phone Service Elimination Act (2654) |
| Message | We support because while a nationalized phone service requires that all citizens pay an amount for phone service proportional to their income through taxation, not all citizens use telephones equally. Those who use more should pay more. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 466 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 134 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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