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Bill: Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: New Republic 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: December 2682
Description[?]:
| just another bill |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:19:32, December 17, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Deregulation Act |
| Message | Having only state owned media limits the freedom of speech, and it makes it very easy for the government to abuse its power and use the media for pure propiganda |
| Date | 23:20:12, December 17, 2008 CET | From | New Republic Party | To | Debating the Deregulation Act |
| Message | *(sorry, propaganda, not propiganda) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 209 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 241 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread." - Mahatma Gandhi |