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Bill: The Second Smith-Jin Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Peoples' Central 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: August 3078
Description[?]:
| Economic and social alterations |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change National, cultural and historic sites and monuments.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Current: The state actively protects scenery, localities, cultural, and historical sites; it maintains an agency to preserve them untouched if public interest so requires.
Proposed: The state encourages and funds private efforts towards the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certain period of time.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:58:25, February 14, 2011 CET | From | Kalopian People's Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | This isn't Free Market / Libertarian enough. |
| Date | 22:02:23, February 14, 2011 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | Good enough for a start. We don't want a 100% free market - that can lead to chaos. |
| Date | 22:15:35, February 14, 2011 CET | From | United Peoples' Central Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | Why does the NI could continue to fight against my bills? |
| Date | 22:27:41, February 14, 2011 CET | From | National Democratic Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | Cause he can. |
| Date | 23:08:36, February 14, 2011 CET | From | United Peoples' Central Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | These are reasonable capitalist demands for our nation |
| Date | 06:05:32, February 15, 2011 CET | From | National Imperialist Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | Because i oppose articles 4 and 5 vehemently. |
| Date | 10:29:02, February 15, 2011 CET | From | Kalopian People's Party | To | Debating the The Second Smith-Jin Bill |
| Message | We shall support this but it isn't capitalist enough. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 12 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 63 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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