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Bill: Progressive Reform Bill - Defense Industries (iii)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Party
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: January 2143
Description[?]:
| To once again permit private companies to compete against state defense industries for better quality in our weaponry and to be more competitive worldwide. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns all defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:50:14, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Defense Industries (iii) |
| Message | The AAS opposes this move to place technologies of death in the hands of corporate enterprise. |
| Date | 15:49:28, November 14, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Defense Industries (iii) |
| Message | The RLP believes that this is a first step in the right direction, and will support this bill, while reserving the right to propose further legislation later to correct this unfortunate shift away from Libertarian principles. |
| Date | 05:28:10, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Defense Industries (iii) |
| Message | We oppose this as we believe that the arms industry should not be operated for profit. |
| Date | 08:19:17, November 17, 2005 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the Progressive Reform Bill - Defense Industries (iii) |
| Message | PSS considers it unacceptable for the government to be encouraging private enterprise to profit from an enterprise that exists for the sole purpose of manufacturing tools of destruction. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 235 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 192 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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