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Bill: Nationalisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Party
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: November 3303
Description[?]:
| Subcontracting does little except reduce the conditions and quality of life of workers, and very slightly decreases costs (because the need for profit means companies get away with as little charge cutting as they can). It also reduces the standard of care and has no place in Hutori society. Time to end it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.
Current: There is a national agency which exists side-by-side with commercial forestry companies.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Current: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Proposed: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:39:29, May 13, 2012 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Nationalisation Act |
| Message | Rt Hon Marcus Dransfield MP, Prime Minister of Hutori Mr Speaker, this legislation will bring these natural monopolies and services back into the hands of the state sector. The experiment with subcontracting has failed, it has decreased the standard of living amongst workers and lined the pockets of a few. All at the taxpayer's expense. Time to end this absurd practice. |
| Date | 14:58:32, May 13, 2012 CET | From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Nationalisation Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, this is a totally unsustainable Bill. The people are paying for the acquisition of these companies which will then go on to charge them higher prices due to a lack of competition! This really is a farcical situation. I would urge all parties with a sense of economics to show the Socialist Party that their communist reform will not go any further. |
| Date | 13:56:03, May 14, 2012 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Nationalisation Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we expected the Conservatives to react like this. All their arguments are based on the psuedoeconomics which they peddle on a daily basis. Maybe if they read more into the the subject they would realise that economics is not entirely on their side, that actually it doesn't rule out state intervention at all. Especially where the state can prevent companies from gaining monopolies or where the product is one which is in the national interest. Mr Speaker, I hope all parties will join me in condemning the Right Honourable member's dogmatic extreme Neo-Liberal philosophy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 165 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 159 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 27 |
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