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Bill: Economics Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democratic Benjaminist 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 2738
Description[?]:
| SDLP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 1
Proposed: 7
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Current: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Proposed: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:14:43, April 09, 2009 CET | From | Catholic Action | To | Debating the Economics Act |
| Message | Providing public funding for sports clubs sounds okay, but nationalising all of the banks is going too far, and increasing sales tax on essential goods just isn't fair on the poor. Ted Steele (Chairman of Catholic Action) |
| Date | 14:11:39, April 09, 2009 CET | From | Pan-Quanzarian Conservative Union | To | Debating the Economics Act |
| Message | I'm telling you, we're voting against anything you propse economically, okay? Communism won't work. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 8 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 57 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
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| Random quote: "The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there is nothing in the mall, and if you don't go there, they shoot you." - P. J. O'Rourke |