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Bill: Telecommunications Act (2142)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Deltarian Nationalist 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: October 2144
Description[?]:
| The use of a phone service should be available to all so by subsidising the phone costs for low income families and by making sure the cost of calls doesn't become too high for the rest of society then we will guarantee good communication service for all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:55:42, November 17, 2005 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Telecommunications Act (2142) |
| Message | I don't think so. We won't subsidise the use of a non-essential service. We would happily regulate the maximum prices that can be charged, but we will not start paying the bills for services that people can live without. |
| Date | 19:01:49, November 17, 2005 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Telecommunications Act (2142) |
| Message | There is no real need to subsidises phone services, the level of demand means that it is very unlikely that prices will be out of the reach of our poor citizens. The only way this could occur would be through price fixing which is a seperate matter. |
| Date | 22:06:53, November 17, 2005 CET | From |  Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Telecommunications Act (2142) |
| Message | I agree with the statements of WSS!P and United Blobs. Phone service is cheap enough already, why subsidise a .0002 HCR phone bill? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 157 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 243 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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