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Bill: A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Party of the Right Front
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: October 2750
Description[?]:
| The title of this bill as been our slogan all along. Now, we need to boost our economy, but we don't need to spend. We need to cut and raise taxes, and cut some government spending. I know, a conservative party wanting to boost the economy is unorthodox, but we plan to do it in a conservative manner. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 15
Current: 45
Proposed: 17
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 5
Proposed: 7
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Current: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Proposed: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Local governments regulate foreign investments.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is illegal.
Current: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Proposed: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: This is left to the local governments.
Current: The government has no position on the proliferation of stock exchanges.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed and are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:37:00, May 02, 2009 CET | From | Republican Populist Party | To | Debating the A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona |
| Message | Conservative economics has failed, my friend. We need a socialist relaunch of the economy. We need a new way. |
| Date | 20:37:22, May 02, 2009 CET | From | Radical Party of the Right Front | To | Debating the A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona |
| Message | We need one? Then what's your idea? |
| Date | 20:46:10, May 02, 2009 CET | From | Republican Populist Party | To | Debating the A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona |
| Message | Oppression of the workers will only make them resentful. Banning strikes and unions will lead to rioting at worst, and at best a lack of motivation at the work place. If people enjoy their work, they will work harder and be more productive. It is naive conservatism to think you can still just crack the whip on people and make them work. The state ought to control all banks to ensure the easy distribution of loans and money, and to ensure proper practices at the banks. Unregulated stock exchanges are very dangerous, we must ban stock exchanges altogether for the instability they cause. A state directed economy could grow without the approval of the capitalists or nobility. It could balance quality of life with productivity. If workers democratically run their industries, they will be motivated to work hard, as they will be working for THEIR company, they will be farming for THEMSELVES, not for nobility. When people are in charge of themselves, when they work for themselves, they will work hard. That is the basis of our economic plan, democracy, in the economic field, and state planning to ensure economic growth benefits all, and to force industrialization. |
| Date | 00:44:09, May 03, 2009 CET | From | Order of Saint Rumegius (IA) | To | Debating the A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona |
| Message | While there are certain articles of this bill that the SKV heavily disagrees with, particularly the increase in taxes and the outlawing of child labour. However, the majority of this bill will increase private ownership and competition greatly, so we shall be willing to vote in favour. |
| Date | 03:49:41, May 03, 2009 CET | From | Freedom and Democracy Front | To | Debating the A New, Healthy, Healed Vorona |
| Message | There are some provisions of the bill look O.K. But overall it is a bad bill, especially the provisions concerning organized labor. Our party will stringently oppose this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 704 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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