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Bill: M.A.R.C. #47: "Public Transportation Reform Act"
Details
Submitted by[?]: Medrisite-Associated Revisionist Council
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: August 3305
Description[?]:
"Free public transportation, even for those who have the means to pay? Ridiculous. We cannot afford to be throwing money away for such a meaningless cause. I am fully for subsidizing the cost of public transport for those who cannot afford to find a way from work to home and back again, but for those who are well off the system cannot be more broken! Regarding the trains, what's wrong with a little competition? A national Pontesi train company is fine, but why outlaw private operating companies? We'll be stimulating the economy if we allow for people to choose which provider they wish, and the competition will force companies to improve service at lower costs. There's no sense in the current law." Chairman R. Benjamin Olson, M.A.R.C. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 08:42:17, May 14, 2012 CET | From | Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the M.A.R.C. #47: "Public Transportation Reform Act" |
Message | We will support this act. |
Date | 20:32:47, May 14, 2012 CET | From | Coalition of CEOs | To | Debating the M.A.R.C. #47: "Public Transportation Reform Act" |
Message | We agree with allowing competition. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 133 | |||
no | Total Seats: 67 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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