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Bill: Common Treasury IV
Details
Submitted by[?]: National People's Gang
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: June 2141
Description[?]:
| The wealth produced by the people of Lodamun is owned by the people of Lodamun. It shall not be stolen, misappropriated, hijacked, claimed, grabbed, abducted, appropriated, bagged, burgled, carried off, cozened, cribbed, defrauded, embezzled, filched, fleeced, looted, nicked, pilfered, pillaged, pinched, plundered, poached, purloined, swindled or swiped by any bandit, burglar, cheat, criminal, crook, embezzler, highwayman, hijacker, mugger, pilferer, plunderer, purloiner, robber, or swindler claiming a greater right to a greater share. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:54:59, November 13, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Opposed. Tax money shall not be used to corrupt the minds of the people. They can get what information they need from our party's unbiased media outlets. No biased sources should be given an opportunity to sway the weak-minded. |
| Date | 17:01:45, November 13, 2005 CET | From | National People's Gang | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Only despots are afraid of free speech. |
| Date | 18:22:55, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Indeed. Why must you invade the sacred realm of free speech? |
| Date | 20:43:05, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Juche Front (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Half measures. The people demand full state control of the media. When the state is controlled by the workers through democratic centralism, only then all will the people be free. |
| Date | 20:52:46, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Or slaves, rather. Either is fine with me. |
| Date | 23:22:04, November 14, 2005 CET | From | International Society of Bankers | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | You spout mindless rhetoric based on nothing. How does a government controlled media assure free speech? We are all for a free media, but we do not understand how a station that is run by the government can possibly be unbiased? |
| Date | 00:15:53, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Juche Front (The Resistance) | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | The corporate controlled media spew nothing but lies. When the workers, through the stae, own the media, then freedom will be possible. |
| Date | 03:33:24, November 15, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Common Treasury IV |
| Message | Correction: The radio station is not owned by the state, an entity as inherently corrupt an evil should never be trusted with conveying information. The radio station is merely subsidized by the state, controlled directly by the people. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 160 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 140 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Game mechanics comes first." For example, if a currently-enforced bill sets out one law, then a player cannot claim the government has set out a contradictory law. |
| Random quote: "The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!" - Winston Churchill |