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Bill: Economic Regulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sosialistisk Venstreparti
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: March 2902
Description[?]:
| To bring the economy under further democratic state control. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 50
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Current: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Proposed: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:23:53, March 01, 2010 CET | From |  Mitten Partiet | To | Debating the Economic Regulation Act |
| Message | we may agree on Article 5 but that's it |
| Date | 23:25:09, March 01, 2010 CET | From | Mitten Partiet | To | Debating the Economic Regulation Act |
| Message | we are for state regulations but against a "democratic state control." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 226 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 524 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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