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Bill: Public Service
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revoluţia Permanentă - Partid Comunist
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: March 2708
Description[?]:
| Only through nationalisation into the hands of the working class, through the democratically elected government, can industry be put towards the benefit of all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates and owns all banks.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Current: The government allows private higher education but regulates it to meet nationally set standards.
Proposed: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Article 5
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: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nursery and pre-school educational centres.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Current: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:25:31, February 05, 2009 CET | From | National Prosperity | To | Debating the Public Service |
| Message | NATIONAL PROSPERITY PARTY'S APPEAL/PETITION CONCERNING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE BILL This bill is totally disagreeable. It will destroy our economy, cause more powerty and inequality. National Prosperity Party will strongly oppose it and arrange protests all around the country. Real democracy needs real capitalism. This bill only increases the power of politicians and government. We don't need more corruption! With respect: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, President of National Prosperity Party Marianna Gartner, Secretary General of National Prosperity Party |
| Date | 14:50:20, February 05, 2009 CET | From | National Prosperity | To | Debating the Public Service |
| Message | At the moment our GDP per capita is 52131NED.. And income distribution about 0.3 what is normal in free market economies. |
| Date | 15:25:00, February 05, 2009 CET | From | Revoluţia Permanentă - Partid Comunist | To | Debating the Public Service |
| Message | In fact, nationalised economy will significantly cut costs in several ways. With central planning, duplication of work will be all but eliminated. Why have two factories in one town producing a single item? Instead, such sites can be merged to produce a far greater output, shorter hours, better conditions and higher pay. Democratic control will eliminate the profit drain that comes from shareholders and executives who view the industry not as a service for the nation's benefit but as an easy payout. Investment will not go to flashy showmen who advertise a huge profit. Instead new investment will be based on social benefit. Instead of the rich investing for the benefit of the rich the state will invest for the benefit of the people. In truth, the "free market" is a lie, in a modern economy where most business costs are fixed, not marginal, competition drives prices towards an unprofitable marginal cost incapable of covering fixed costs. Only through mergers, trusts and cartels can "capitalism" survive (that is, by becoming "corporatism"). Economics tends towards monopoly, our decision now is whether this should be in the hands of the democratically-elected government of New Endralon or with the power-hungry profit-driven capitalists. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 127 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 173 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: “Can anyone imagine a more perverse idea than forcing faithful Hosians like me to give away my money to enable irresponsible teenage girls to kill off their children because they were too drunk to use a damn condom?" - Dr. Francesca dos Santos, former Dranian politician |