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Bill: Foreign Investment Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kolonial Partei
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: May 2777
Description[?]:
| Protecting Hulstrian industries to ensure foreigners do not take control of our markets. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:50:56, June 23, 2009 CET | From | Konstitutionelle Monarchie Partei | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | The FAP has been pushing this for years, we're glad another party supports such a measure like this. |
| Date | 00:10:19, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Socialist Party of Greater Hulstria | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | We will gladly support |
| Date | 01:37:39, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Leutes Kommunistische Liga | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 02:29:33, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Nationale Demokratische Union | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | No, this restricts the free market and discourages investors. |
| Date | 02:40:12, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Kolonial Partei | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | We simply do not want our domestic markets to be dominated by foreigners. That's what allowing them to have a majority share will do. |
| Date | 03:53:08, June 24, 2009 CET | From | Nationale Demokratische Union | To | Debating the Foreign Investment Reform |
| Message | Just because we allow foreign investors to have the possibility to have a majority share does not mean that Hulstrians are suddenly going to lose the majority share of all our companies. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 340 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 263 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 122 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless." - Antonin Scalia |