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Bill: Economic Intervention Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Popular Socialist Liberation Movement
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: May 2782
Description[?]:
| Now Rutanian economics are fully dominated by private companies. We think that it will be much better if private and state-owned enterprises will co-exist in Rutania. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Current: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Proposed: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:57:13, July 04, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Elitist Party | To | Debating the Economic Intervention Act |
| Message | The REP was one of the builders of the current economic system. We strongly opposes this proposal. |
| Date | 11:54:40, July 04, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Heritage Party | To | Debating the Economic Intervention Act |
| Message | We oppose this legislation, as it is rooted in faulty economic principles that have long been recognized as flawed and counter-productive. The RHP is not a capitalist party, per se, but we support capitalism as an essential economic structure, albeit one that can and will fail in various circumstances; we support capitalism not for ideological reasons, but simply because it works. To transfer previously privatized services back to public control is fruitless, and may in fact prove to be a step backwards in many cases, rather than helping to make the services more efficient or effective, as the PSLM seems to hope it will. |
| Date | 16:08:43, July 04, 2009 CET | From | Humanist Alliance | To | Debating the Economic Intervention Act |
| Message | We support article 2. |
| Date | 17:41:01, July 04, 2009 CET | From | Rutanian Restoration Party | To | Debating the Economic Intervention Act |
| Message | We cannot support this legislation in any shape or form. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 202 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 63 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow role-play that seems to belong to the world of fantasy, science fiction and futuristic speculation. |
| Random quote: "The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart." - Mahatma Gandhi |