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Bill: Socialist Economic Agenda, 2688
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Democratic Socialists
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: May 2689
Description[?]:
| For too long we have allowed private companies to supply our citizens' basic needs on a for-profit basis - it is time for these essential supplies to be taken out of the hands of corporations and taken into public ownership, so that our citizens are not at the mercy of private enterprise. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Proposed: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is privately-owned.
Current: All housing is private but rent is subsidised for low-income households.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 110 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 68 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." - Havelock Ellis |