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Bill: Defense Consolidation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Red Octopus 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: July 2139
Description[?]:
| To provide the people with more direct control over their defense industries, and in order to prevent the private sector's influence upon the nation's international policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:21:00, November 11, 2005 CET | From |  Imperialists Union | To | Debating the Defense Consolidation Bill |
| Message | We can be persuaded of a more moderate version of this bill, but having all defence industries owned by the state is unacceptable. |
| Date | 05:47:14, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Defense Consolidation Bill |
| Message | Opposed. |
| Date | 08:21:44, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Red Octopus Party | To | Debating the Defense Consolidation Bill |
| Message | We are open to introducing a more moderate version of this bill if we receive assurances of "Yes" votes from the majority of vote-holders. |
| Date | 18:56:30, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Herut Orthodoxy | To | Debating the Defense Consolidation Bill |
| Message | We are opposed because we do feel that the creativity and competition found in the private world makes this a poor fit for the sake of both the nation and the industry. This does mean that the gov't and the military should not work closely with pritave enterprise, but it should be done on a supplier / customer basis. |
| Date | 22:03:37, November 11, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Defense Consolidation Bill |
| Message | We oppose any state ownership of industry. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 56 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 388 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 111 |
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