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Bill: Freedom of Foreign Investors Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Avanti Istalia!
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: July 3119
Description[?]:
| Nationalism must play a secondary role when it comes to such fields. If foreign investors hold a majority share of a company, that is no different than national investors - they're merely playing by market rules. This distinction is totally unnecessary and harmful to free market and globalization. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:08:06, May 08, 2011 CET | From | Liberal Movement for Revolution | To | Debating the Freedom of Foreign Investors Act |
| Message | Not only this will open our country to the world, it will also help our economy greatly. |
| Date | 23:46:00, May 09, 2011 CET | From | Quanzar Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Foreign Investors Act |
| Message | The QNP would disagree. The sale of national companies may lead to job losses as jobs are outsourced to cheaper labour abroad. |
| Date | 22:28:13, May 10, 2011 CET | From | Avanti Istalia! | To | Debating the Freedom of Foreign Investors Act |
| Message | Then we must learn new ways to compete. This kind of protectionism can only weaken our competitiveness as we are lulled into our false sense of security guaranteed by this irrational defense of national assets. |
| Date | 22:49:33, May 10, 2011 CET | From | Quanzar Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Foreign Investors Act |
| Message | I am afraid the jobs of our citizens must come before jobs for foreigners. Every citizen has the right to a job and the outsourcing of jobs abroad is no good for our citizens or our own economy. Our nation needs companies that our citizens have an investment in. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 4 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?" - Thomas Jefferson |