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Bill: Energy Privatisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: October 2123
Description[?]:
| A bill to privatise energy production. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:41:21, October 08, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Energy Privatisation Act |
| Message | The RSA will resist any measures of privatisation, as it is not in the interests of the working class. |
| Date | 01:42:30, October 09, 2005 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Energy Privatisation Act |
| Message | How is working for a government organisation any superior to working for a private corporation? |
| Date | 17:21:08, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Energy Privatisation Act |
| Message | Private Corporations make millions by greed. Government organisations are owned by the people, as the government is the representatives of them, and profits made therefore go to them in the form of government projects, and putting money back in to education and healthcare. Also means that it'll likely be cheaper. |
| Date | 08:30:38, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Energy Privatisation Act |
| Message | "Private Corporations make millions by greed." Arguably, the government makes billions by stealing. Additionally, the government is kept afloat by power-hungry individuals such as myself. "Government organisations are owned by the people, as the government is the representatives of them, and profits made therefore go to them in the form of government projects, and putting money back in to education and healthcare." Two points. Firstly, you seem to be assuming no one can have a say in how this company is run. If a person has enough capital, they can buy shares in the company and direct it with their shareholding powers. Alternatively, they may also use their consumer powers to choose a different supplier if they so wish. If large enough groups of consumers make the switch, then the corporation must take action of face bankruptcy. Secondly, corporations pay taxes, money which half of goes into health and education. "Also means that it'll likely be cheaper." You say this based on what? Governments have no incentive to be efficient about their tasks and thus tend to bureaucratise. Corporations do have an incentive to be efficient. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 367 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 51 |
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