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Bill: Government Infrastructures Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: MidnightSniper25 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: November 2885
Description[?]:
| Government Infrastructures Act |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Current: The state contracts with private companies to provide public housing.
Proposed: All housing is privately-owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:21:26, January 28, 2010 CET | From | Constitutional Monarchy Party | To | Debating the Government Infrastructures Act |
| Message | I oppose article 3, but support the overall spirit of the bill. |
| Date | 05:40:59, January 28, 2010 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Government Infrastructures Act |
| Message | Regulating POST OFFICES!?! This could cause Zogist drug shipments and other smuggled contraband to fall into the clutches of parasitic bureaucrats!!! *The People gather round the parliament for an hour of collective screaming-themselves-hoarse-on-bullhorns to protest this proposed injustice* |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 46 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 11 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
| 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: "Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war." - Tony Blair |