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Bill: Denationalization Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Justice Party
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 2799
Description[?]:
| A bill to move industry into the hands of the private realm. Denationalization will allow the budget of the trade and industry ministry to be lowered by 20 billion ACR. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:05:27, August 08, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Denationalization Bill |
| Message | Fine with us. However, we are not so much interested in reducing the budget, but would rather use the money freed by the de-bureaucratisation of our industries for new programmes for economic incentives. |
| Date | 01:22:58, August 09, 2009 CET | From | Social Justice Party | To | Debating the Denationalization Bill |
| Message | We agree with the PUSD's point as well. We see this bill as killing two birds with one stone. |
| Date | 11:01:47, August 09, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Denationalization Bill |
| Message | OOC: Generally, due to game mechanics, there is little point reducing the overall budget, as it also decreases the economy. In fact, here is where excessive deficit spending would even make sense to a certain extent, as it carries no penalties as in the real world. Apparently, the only effect it would have would be an increase in GDP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 263 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 143 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 93 |
| 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: Wait a min was we tricked into voting for absolute monarchy (Jamie Jamesson, Chancellor of Luthori 4269-4310) |