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Bill: Progressive, Decentralized Media Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi
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: January 3296
Description[?]:
| The time has come to abolish private ownership of the means of communication. Moving forward, with the equality of all mankind our goal, we shall allow privately held stations to recreate themselves as egalitarian cooperatives. Local councils shall monitor this to ensure that the democratic consensus of the workers rules. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:17:30, April 25, 2012 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the Progressive, Decentralized Media Policy |
| Message | We'll support this. |
| Date | 17:41:54, April 25, 2012 CET | From | People's Socialist Labour Party | To | Debating the Progressive, Decentralized Media Policy |
| Message | We are split on this, comrades. We would rather see the media owned by the state, but on the plus side this does eliminate capitalism from our media. So we may yet support it. |
| Date | 21:07:52, April 27, 2012 CET | From | Iqembu Sokusebenzisana Yeningi | To | Debating the Progressive, Decentralized Media Policy |
| Message | Although its implementation was delayed, we still hope that the progress already achieved in the socialization of our media may be carried forward by a richer diversity of communes and cooperatives. From cooperatives created and led by the workers, our Socialist Republic has nothing to fear. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 306 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 444 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |