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Bill: Protection Bill
Details
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 2141
Description[?]:
| We must strive to protect sections of our industry that are threatened by hostile economic actions of foreign powers. If a nation proposes a sanction of one og our goods, then we must propose a reciprocal sanction in order to protect our own workers, and t force the other nation into accepting our goods once more. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Current: The nation allows for imports, but imposes protectionist tariffs and quotas on all imports.
Proposed: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:52:19, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Aldurian Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Protection Bill |
| Message | Because of its implication, this bill should have been debated. We will oppose, because the proposed mesure may or may not hurt our industries and ours workers. For example, if we gain job in the raw material sector (because we tax the cheap ore from another country) but loose job in the transformation sector (because we may not produce competitive goods with the new prices of the raw materials), we gain nothing. |
| Date | 06:30:07, November 16, 2005 CET | From | Market Socialist Party | To | Debating the Protection Bill |
| Message | This is a horrible idea...tarriffs are the one thing that interferes the most with the free market. This means much higher prices for consumers and business alike. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 338 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 63 |
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| Random quote: "George W. Bush will protect your unborn fetus, then send your grown child to die in war." - Rick Claro |