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Bill: Freeing the Arms Industry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Party
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: June 2132
Description[?]:
| Let's free our defense industry and allow them to expand and win contracts from abroad which will make them richer and more powerful. We wish to allow our industries to sell all conventional arms that have been superceded so that we have the best and most up to date arms from our defense industries but our industry can still sell weapons abroad. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Current: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Proposed: The government allows conventional arms to be exported freely.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:59:45, October 27, 2005 CET | From |  Herut Orthodoxy | To | Debating the Freeing the Arms Industry |
| Message | Richer and more powerful does not mean anything when it comes to the interests of the nation when compared with supplying arms to a nation who may use them against our allies. The idea that there is some sort of nationalism involved with industry is pure folly. Yes, we need a strong economy and jobs, but certainly no one is naive enough to think that they wouldn't leave if they had a better deal elsewhere. The concept that richer and more powerful is all that matters internationally is... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 208 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 267 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli |