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Bill: Unleashing the Free Market
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National Party
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 3398
Description[?]:
| Hon. Members, the bloated state apparatus, a remainder of the former leftist governments, must be scaled back to an amount that both relieves the taxpayer and removes restraints on competition and the market economy. We therefore propose the following measures: 1.) It is obvious that we should make use of private innovation and profit-oriented business strategies when it comes to providing public services, as the private sector, in contrast to state-owned institutions, always works towards maximum satisfaction of its customers. This principle can logically also be applied to firefighting services. 2.) It is hugely unfair to have those who already fund the largest part of the governmental expenses also pay for private expenses of other people. All companies I know operating transportation facilities provide reasonable deductions for people who would otherwise not afford to pay for their services, such as the elderly or the young. We don't need corporatist subsidies to make public transport available to all. 3.) Market-distorting, green-socialist subsidies cause the downfall of conventional power sources while the CEOs of inefficient 'alternative' energy companies live off the taxpayer's money while not having to adjust their services according to the market demand. The status quo cripples energy generation, and we must unleash the forces of the free market to sort out this problem. 4.) Manipulating interest rates and pursuing inflationary policies that impose a 'hidden tax' on the people is the only thing that central banks have been used to in the history of Terra, there is no viable argument to maintain one apart from giving the state control over the currency and thus also the people's savings. We therefore propose to introduce the principle of free banking, without an all-controlling federal reserve. Adrienne LeCoultre-Overstraten MP Member for Ulbrach GNP Spokeswoman for Trade and Industry |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: The government competitively subcontracts firefighting services.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Renewable energy sources (eg. solar power, wind power).
Old value:: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Current: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Proposed: The government does not take any position with regards to renewable energy.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:06:27, November 18, 2012 CET | From | Popular Party | To | Debating the Unleashing the Free Market |
| Message | The Popular Party would support articles 1 and 2 of this bill. |
| Date | 01:08:27, November 19, 2012 CET | From | Valdorian Blue Shirt Movement | To | Debating the Unleashing the Free Market |
| Message | This bill is fundamentally flawed on both a philosophical as well as a practical level. Without a strong state, Dranland is victim to the whims and wills of either the infighting of localities or, more likely, the corrupt designs of special interests and corporations. Javier Rabal Jefe Adjunto de Partido |
| Date | 02:35:11, November 19, 2012 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Unleashing the Free Market |
| Message | This Bill is right-wing capitalist madness! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 94 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 156 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "The great economic, social and political scientist, Karlstein Metz, accurately predicted over 2,500 years ago that capitalism is doomed to destruction by its inherent weaknesses and contradictions, and must inevitably be replaced by a communist form of social, political and economic organisation." - Friedrich Pfeiffer, former Dorvish politician |