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Bill: New Economic Strategy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialist 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: June 3423
Description[?]:
| We propose that most of our economy should be publicly owned and publicly accountable. The major industries in Dranland should be run by boards comprised of worker representatives, customer representatives and industry experts. We believe this will lead to a more efficient, more democratic, more egalitarian and fairier economic system which puts the ordinary people first instead of the rich capitalists. Furthermore, we believe this will unite the Dranish people as one, and calm the ethnic tensions which have been causing our country so many problems in recent years. Cadfael Maddocks MP (Leader of the DSP) |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:23:40, January 07, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the New Economic Strategy Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, no one - read my lips - no individual has the right to dictate to any other individual how to use his faculties, his property, his labor or his capital. The ordinary person has no right to dictate to the greedy capitalist to launch a business venture, just as the greedy capitalist has no right to dictate to the ordinary person how to use his labor. Banning economic activity means slavery, since it restricts the rights of citizens to make use of the aforementioned features. The DSP must understand that the state is not a lobbying organization for a certain social strata, but a safeguard of private autonomy and property. All of the proposals included in this bill are extremists and a concession to the totalitarian forces who wish to gain control over our country. Unlike the GNP, the DSP obviously concludes that we must bow to these threats and implement their demands, while this government believes that we must actively fight them by defending liberty even more fervently. Adrienne LeCoultre-Overstraten MP Member for Valdor Prime Minister |
| Date | 00:48:41, January 07, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the New Economic Strategy Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, I withdraw the term slavery, for the assembly needs to find a more sedate tone in times of upheaval. What I was meaning to say is that it is unfair and overly restrictive to bar individuals from making use of their faculties within a business venture that differs from that of the state. My apologies. Adrienne LeCoultre-Overstraten MP Member for Valdor Prime Minister |
| Date | 19:09:44, January 07, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the New Economic Strategy Act |
| Message | Madam Speaker, my Right Honourable Friend and myself have clashed many times in Parliament and then sat down for a cup of Dranish tea together afterwards. No offence is taken on my part; it is well that the cut-and-thrust of Dranish politics is vigorous. Both my Right Honourable Friend and myself would prefer it to be like this than to be like what it is in places like Badara, where even being suspected of thinking unapproved thoughts can land one in serious trouble. Madam Speaker, I am glad to hear the Prime Minister tell us that "the greedy capitalist has no right to dictate to the ordinary person how to use his labor", but I question whether her policies fulfil that aspiration. The truth is that under capitalism the rich get richer and the poor get poorer - the disadvantaged are always exploited by the privileged. We democratic socialists understand this and want to reform the economic system so as to make it farier. Our conservative opponents, on the other hand, want to exacerbate the unfairnesses of the present system. In the process - whether they mean to or not - they are tearing apart the social fabric upon which our proud parliamentary democracy is built. Cadfael Maddocks MP (Leader of the DSP) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 57 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 170 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us, but we don't ask for their love, only for their fear." - Heinrich Himmler |