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Bill: Industrial Purchasing Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: January 2927
Description[?]:
| This Act will prevent the government from purchasing industry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:19:14, April 20, 2010 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Industrial Purchasing Act |
| Message | Mervyn Bijai MP, HNP Leader : Mr Speaker, it is not in the governments best interests to protect its people? The CLP here are basically economically throwing the people to the wolves! The CLP do not realise that this new free-market they want to introduce will lead to the exploitation of the masses to benefit the few and the HNP want to protect the people from the ruthless capitalists |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 72 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 242 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 77 |
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