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Bill: The Green Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Fascist Front
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: August 2153
Description[?]:
| Ecological concerns are paramount in the PSS, and we have decided that the hard decisions about our Environment have to be made now. In order to save the country for those that may come after us, we propose the following law changes. PSS acknowledges these changes may seem radical, but the consequences may be grave if not addressed now. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Government disposes special waste only.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:39:17, December 07, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | Well, the AAS COULD support the first proposal, but are somewhat opposed to the second.... although it IS a move in the right direction. The AAS would be much happier to support, if the governemnt disposed of ALL waste. |
| Date | 21:08:03, December 07, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | We must oppose both proposals at this time. The first issue is, in our economically driven philosophy, best handled in just the way we currently do; by making it economical to use collective transportation and/or environmentally friendly fuels. The second issue is best handled by using the greater effeciency of private enterprise. We are also worried about the effect on the economy of closing down the private companies currently handling the residential waste disposal. |
| Date | 10:48:20, December 08, 2005 CET | From | People's Party | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | I agree with RLP |
| Date | 17:19:15, December 08, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | The AAS disagrees... if ONLY eco-friendly fuels are allowed, economic forces will make those fuels economically viable. Even collective transport is a mere gesture, UNLESS that collective transport is ALSO environmentally friendly. Incentivising eco-fuels, but NOT putting sufficient incentive in the eco-friendly VEHICLE market, is like putting a band-aid on an amputee... |
| Date | 19:56:33, December 08, 2005 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | We have to respectfully disagree with our associates in the AAS; if only eco-friendly fuels are allowed they do not have the economic incentive to become competative. As long as they have to compete with other fuels on a fair basis, with incentives to reflect the lower social cost of the eco-friendly alternative, they will be moved to more effecient prioduction which will lower the cost and increase the market share. Remove this competative pressure, and the innovation process slows or stops and the costs do not go down. |
| Date | 04:46:24, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the The Green Reform Bill |
| Message | Response to the RLP: But, surely... by THAT token, you are also arguing that free-market forces have no power to hold our current (non-eco-friendly) fossil fuel market in check? Indeed - if you are arguing that ONLY the presence of alternative fuels has held the price where it is, then you are ALSO arguing that pre-alternative, we were ALL getting screwed by the oil companies? Surely, it is only logical that the market will adjust to the available environment? Thus - if ONLY 'green' fuels are available, then the market will be shaped by consumer impact based ON THAT paradigm... so prices will be held down by virtue of competition in THAT arena. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 273 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 121 |
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