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Bill: Free Market Act of 2142
Details
Submitted by[?]: Market Socialist 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: June 2143
Description[?]:
| Failing industries means that capital and resources were not being properly utilised. If we want to have a functioning, efficient economy, we must allow the market`s -invisible hand- to take its toll. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:35:56, November 17, 2005 CET | From | Aldurian Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | We will oppose. Vital industries are -vital- for the subvenience of our citizens. |
| Date | 18:48:52, November 17, 2005 CET | From | Jacobites | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | If jobs are at stake the government must take some sort of interest. |
| Date | 02:08:41, November 18, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Front | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | Well, we'd have to say no. Not that the current legislation convenes to our ideology, but the proposed step is only farther away. |
| Date | 04:34:41, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Aldurian Moderates | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | After reading Atlas Shurgged, we find ourselves supporting this measure. |
| Date | 09:00:34, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Jacobites | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | Yes, lets all worship the invisible hand, and the Aldurian people can rot in unemployment queues, why should it concern the government. |
| Date | 20:35:43, November 18, 2005 CET | From | Market Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | Yes, why should it concern the government? Maybe so the government can swindel money on unprofitable activities and poorly managed businesses. When an industry falls it will be replaced by a more efficient enterprises. However, if the government takes control of the enteprise and the inefficiency remains than there is no room for a better operating enterprise. You must see that this is state capitalism and it spells economic stagnation for our economy. Let us please spend our tax money on more important things such as education, healthcare and social programmes. |
| Date | 02:49:11, November 19, 2005 CET | From | United Socialist Front | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | Well... The whole point of the nationalisation is to encourage the efficiency to return and to avoid the nasty little depression in between the fall of one enterprise and the rise of the next. And, of ocurse, state Capitalism is horrible. But as shall be supervised by the people it should not be so bad. And here they are only nationalised temporarily, that is, until they gain momentum again. |
| Date | 11:44:01, November 19, 2005 CET | From | Market Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 2142 |
| Message | There is no article to guarantee that the business would be given back to the private sector once they gain momentum. Plus it is unlikely that a private business could gain momentum under government control...expecially if the business was destined to `go under` in the first place. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 172 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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