We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Phone Service
Details
Submitted by[?]: Veritaserum
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: October 2136
Description[?]:
| Having a phone is an intregal part of life in todays society. We need to make sure everyone has a phone. I can think of several cases where this has to be ensured. What if someone is looking for work need a phone number to be reached at. Emergancy occurs like an accident well need a phone. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:54:16, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Party II | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | No way. Phones are a luxury item which belong firmly in the hands of the private sector. |
| Date | 18:03:59, November 03, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Nay. Phones are not essential items, so if people want one they can get a job and buy one, not rely on everyone else paying for them to have one through subsidies. |
| Date | 21:14:05, November 03, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Phones and landlines are hardly expensive anyway |
| Date | 14:45:10, November 04, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | People cannot always find a job, you know. :rolleyes: On the contrary, people often need phones in order to find a job. |
| Date | 19:59:24, November 04, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Or they could just get free job advert magazines and then like... write a letter |
| Date | 10:54:47, November 05, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Tell me, have you ever visited the planet Terra? |
| Date | 10:57:53, November 05, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Also, there are no free job advert magazines yet in many areas in Rutania, and it is strange that a member of the Capitalist Coalition which governed this country for so long does not know this and has not taken any initiative to that end. Perhaps you should contact the Ministry of Health and Social Services with that suggestion. |
| Date | 11:06:46, November 05, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | Perhaps you should Godmodding RP by denying something that you cannot say doesnt exist |
| Date | 11:25:41, November 05, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | *An aged Parliamentarian and member of the RSDP's Committee on Health and Social Services rises.* "In these 40 years that I have served as a member of the Federal Parliament, I have not once seen a letter of the Ministry of Health and Social Services saying that the Capitalist Coalition was going to invest funds into free job advert magazines throughout the country. And the few documents that were given to the Federal Parliament and the relevant study groups of the opposition, such as our own Committee on Health and Social Services, indicate that there are indeed no free job advert magazines in large areas of Khodor and Kragusrov, in the north of Ardinia, and in some areas in Bozarland and Delvar. Are you suggesting that the documents given to the Federal Parliament and the opposition are false?" |
| Date | 11:27:22, November 05, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Phone Service |
| Message | The fact is that you cannot possibly claim that something that doesn't exist is a reason to vote against this bill. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 341 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
| Random fact: To see what other nations are up to and to actively involve yourself in international activities: check the Roleplaying section on the forum! Don't be shy to make a news post about your party's recent achievements. |
| Random quote: "This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies." - Ralph Nader |