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Bill: Cultural Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Plaid Geidwadol Traddodiadol (PGT)
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 3070
Description[?]:
| Creating a balance between state and private control over the cultural industry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards the funding of libraries.
Old value:: The national government controls a vast and comprehensive system of public libraries.
Current: Funding and operation of libraries is left entirely to local governments.
Proposed: The national government contracts with private companies to maintain a system of libraries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:47:21, January 30, 2011 CET | From |  Republican Party (RM) | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We oppose Article 1 but support Article 2. I yield. |
| Date | 16:33:45, January 30, 2011 CET | From | Plaid Geidwadol Traddodiadol (PGT) | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This is actually surprising. A perfectly competitive market model is based upon the destruction of barriers to entry into the market. Copyrights, patents, trademarks, etc are all barriers to entry. By getting rid of the barriers to entry, people can take a technology and make it better. Thus, the consumer is the ultimate winner. I yield. |
| Date | 16:37:17, January 30, 2011 CET | From | Christian Democratic Party | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, But shouldn't those that developed groundbreaking ideas and ways to better production have a right to that for themselves? We agree with the stance of the Republican Party in respect to the articles. I yield. |
| Date | 16:50:19, January 30, 2011 CET | From | Plaid Geidwadol Traddodiadol (PGT) | To | Debating the Cultural Reform Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Copyrights hurt the consumer, as they hinder innovation. Innovation is the key to the capitalist system. Without it, the people are plagued by monopolies that violate the market by charging outrageous prices. I yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 750 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Dorvik is a nation based on Germanic and old Prussian cultures, it is located on the far north of Artania, making it an almost arctic nation. |
| Random quote: "Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy." - Ludwig von Mises |