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Bill: Economic Reform Bill of 2817
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Party - Republican Democrats
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: February 2818
Description[?]:
| While we believe that the state should play its role in the economy through regulation, we would like to allow for some more private initiative. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
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 The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 4
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.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government requires that all source be opened.
Current: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:29:33, September 14, 2009 CET | From | Cooperative League of Aldegar | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill of 2817 |
| Message | What exactly is social-democratic about dismantling national industries and public services? |
| Date | 17:17:47, September 14, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill of 2817 |
| Message | What exactly would be social democratic about supporting bureaucratic state monopoly capitalism? We happen to believe that a mixed economy with strong regulative measures is better suited to ensure social justice, employees' and consumers' rights and the protection of the environment than the administration of businesses by an ultimately authoritarian state bureaucracy. |
| Date | 00:54:00, September 15, 2009 CET | From | Cooperative League of Aldegar | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill of 2817 |
| Message | How can you claim to be opposed to a state bureucracy when you oppose the institution of democratic workers councils |
| Date | 00:54:51, September 15, 2009 CET | From | Cooperative League of Aldegar | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill of 2817 |
| Message | And private capitalist enterprises are inherently authoritarian anyway |
| Date | 08:05:55, September 15, 2009 CET | From | People's Party - Republican Democrats | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill of 2817 |
| Message | We do not oppose the institution of Democratic Workers' Councils, in fact we encourage them. We just don't want to make them compulsory like the Cooperative League does. And we are aware of the problems with unregulated private enterprise, that's why we follow a regulative approach. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 61 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 139 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena." - Jon Stewart |