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Bill: Return to Socialism Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL)
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: June 3110
Description[?]:
| RP Article 1: All business operated by the state shall be subcontracted to Workers Cooperatives. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy of the government concerning the funding of abortions
Old value:: The government does not provide funding for abortions.
Current: The government provides abortion funding only for low-income earners.
Proposed: The government provides funding for abortions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government supplies free pharmaceutical drugs to those on low incomes.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside unregulated private establishments.
Current: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Proposed: The government maintains a system of free publically owned nurseries alongside heavily regulated private establishments.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Proposed: There is a free public education system and a small number of private schools, which are heavily regulated to ensure they teach adequate skills and information.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:57:08, April 22, 2011 CET | From |  SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Return to Socialism Act |
| Message | We support the Abortion article, the Pre-School article, and the Pharmaceuticals article.... But otherwise, we're pretty good where things are on the others. As long as workers own the "private" businesses, we are happy where things are. We would not vote for anything more privatized than where these stand though. All citizens should have a public option in addition to those provided by local workers' co-ops. The government provides an option, the workers' collectives provide an option.... We're open to discussion on these issues. |
| Date | 15:44:49, April 22, 2011 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL) | To | Debating the Return to Socialism Act |
| Message | The RP Article allows us to subcontract part of the states role to workers cooperatives. |
| Date | 15:53:20, April 22, 2011 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Return to Socialism Act |
| Message | I still think I would like the articles to include some privatization, even with the RP proposal. OOC: Since the RP article doesn't have any bearing on the game, I would still like my issue visibility to remain in my RP range. |
| Date | 16:07:48, April 22, 2011 CET | From | Marxist-Leninist Party of Ikradon (LL) | To | Debating the Return to Socialism Act |
| Message | OCC: The sees regulation vs privatization as socialist vs capitalist, so this would be better. |
| Date | 16:22:29, April 22, 2011 CET | From | Union Socialism Alliance | To | Debating the Return to Socialism Act |
| Message | We have reservation on the Farming Article and the Pension Article. We think they are were we would like them to be. Other than that we support the rest. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 521 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose." - Ayn Rand |