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Bill: "Alorian First" Implementation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Genuine Progress Alliance
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: January 2686
Description[?]:
| This bill aims to implement the "Alorian First" program. This program aims to promote Alorian industries and businesses and encourage Alorians to support these industries by imposing quotas and tariffs on the goods being imported to our country. This will help businesses in Aloria prosper, and will benefit more Alorians. Now that we have withdrawn from The Free Trade Agreement of 2529, we can now start revitalizing local businesses through this bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes "ethical" tariffs on nations with lower environmental and labour rights standards.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:31:27, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the "Alorian First" Implementation Act |
| Message | What is wrong with you people? Tariffs hurt business, look at the facts: "A poor family buying shoes and clothing is hardest hit by the "protection" tax. It doesn't really matter whether the family buys imported shoes and clothes, because tariffs on imports allow domestic producers to keep their prices higher. And keeping prices high is precisely the point. For by raising the price of imports, tariffs allow domestic companies to charge higher prices and still compete with imports. Theoretically, uncompetitive businesses that would otherwise have to go out of business can then compete, keeping their workers employed." So in reality if Alorian business cannot compete in manufacturing then we should be out of it, but then again the current government wouldn't lower the extremely high minimum wage laws and taxes that would make prices lower over seas. What we need is less taxes and restriction on domestic business, not more on foreign business. Think of Alorians here who can finally get quality clothing from another nation instead of paying high prices for the same stuff made here, and think of the poor people who will lose their jobs in foreign nations. |
| Date | 18:17:57, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the "Alorian First" Implementation Act |
| Message | We happen to agree with the IPA. |
| Date | 22:12:52, December 24, 2008 CET | From | Alorian Populist Party (DemCoa) | To | Debating the "Alorian First" Implementation Act |
| Message | Communists pro free trade?????? The IPA are telling vicious lies again!! Down wit the Greedy Capitalists!!! (OOC: JK, though I would point out that the people the IPA are trying to emulate (or at least are otherwise doing a very good job at seeming acting like), the 19th Century Gilded Age Industralists, supported protectionism, to protect themselves from foreign competition and increase their greedy profits. 19the century gilded age Industrialists were totally pro-tariffs and totally against free trade!!) |
| Date | 04:54:53, December 25, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the "Alorian First" Implementation Act |
| Message | Very good point made by the IPA. However, we still believe that tariffs should be imposed on imported goods. Seeing as how our proposal seems a bit too restrictive, how about a reciprocal tariff/quota or tariffs & quotas on selected areas (particularly, goods on which Aloria excels the most)? |
| Date | 20:06:29, December 25, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the "Alorian First" Implementation Act |
| Message | We are not pro-free trade, we are pro-working class. Some people simply can't afford to buy Alorian made products |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 167 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 255 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 237 |
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