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Bill: National Bank Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Telamon Labor 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: August 2764
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates and owns all banks.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:27:24, May 30, 2009 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the National Bank Act |
| Message | Central banking is an aboniation whiich serves only long term detriment to both our economy and our political system, creating a system of monetary enslavement. Drake Dalton Chairman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 199 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 302 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America." - Thomas L. Johnson |