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Bill: Free media
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat
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: September 2773
Description[?]:
| The information must be free from government oppression |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which receive no subsidies from the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:06:44, June 17, 2009 CET | From |  United People's Communist Party | To | Debating the Free media |
| Message | The government maintains and approves most sensible television and radio programming suitable for mainstream viewing without political bias and finds the term oppression that has been so recklessly thrown at us by the Proletariat completely unfounded and unfair. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 177 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 472 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 101 |
| Random fact: Culturally Open nations can adopt advisory/non-enforceable Nation Descriptions. See http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6242 |
| Random quote: "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." - John Maynard Keynes |