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Bill: BNR Act for Freer Enterprise
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bismarckian National Resistance (BNR)
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: December 2763
Description[?]:
| Before this is sent out for voting, I will give a grace period when any party can ask me to propose a certain Article separately because, for example, they don't support that article but don't want to smash down the whole bill for that one article. Reasoning: 1 - We must make sure someone is not under something like an outstanding arrest warrant before letting them leave the country. 2 - I feel like a private company that provides, say, food or water, is fairly important in emergency situations like economic depressions and should not be allowed to fail. 3 - Often, the choking bureacracy of the government makes train development and deployment take longer than it should. While we should keep the national train company, we should allow private input as well, so as not to create a government-run monopoly. 4 - During WWII, the U.S. and USSR were not "close" allies, yet if both were to survive they had to help each other out. Plus, it is a chance for defense companies to make a little more money for the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Current: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Article 2
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 acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Proposed: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:47:25, May 27, 2009 CET | From | Knesset Yeshua | To | Debating the BNR Act for Freer Enterprise |
| Message | I would agree to this. |
| Date | 19:59:51, May 27, 2009 CET | From | Medinat Israel Shelanu | To | Debating the BNR Act for Freer Enterprise |
| Message | I support |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 177 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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