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Bill: Museum Privatization Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Islamic Nationalist Front
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: April 2156
Description[?]:
A BILL to leave the maintenance and funding of all national museums to the private sector. All current national museums shall be auctioned off. While private individuals and for-profit organizations shall be allowed to participate in the auction, non-profit organizations shall be given priority. All revenues from this auction shall be used to fund a taxbreak for FY 2155. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning museum funding.
Old value:: The national government maintains a system of museums nationwide.
Current: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Proposed: The government does not fund or manage museums. This is left to the private sector.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 03:36:59, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Museum Privatization Act |
Message | So the history of our nation and the world is going to be left in corrupt Corporate hands so they can interpret and teach it in whatever way they want? Smart... |
Date | 03:51:09, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Museum Privatization Act |
Message | No, its going to be placed in the hands of the free market so that way reasearch is done with greater quality. |
Date | 04:12:04, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Islamic Nationalist Front | To | Debating the Museum Privatization Act |
Message | The NLP would like to know if the representative from the DSF has actually read the bill description. It clearly says that non-profits would be given priority over corporations and private individuals, so the claim that our history would be left in "corrupt corporate hands" is unfounded. That said, even if corporations were to come into possession of some or all the museums, this would merely grant them property rights over the artifacts and exhibits in the museums -- they would have no authority to rewrite history. Likewise, as educational institutions as well as historical (and scientific) texts are independent of museums, corporate control of museums would not affect what individuals are taught. Also, never neglect the fact that corporations are driven by profit motive. Should they start to radically misrepresent facts, they would lose customers as a good number of them would recognize the fraud (returning visitors would see the changes and learned individuals would recognize the discrepancies between the exhibits and common knowledge). But, we'd like to reemphasize the fact that museums under the current proposal would most likely come under the management of non-profit organizations concerned with the accurate preservation of history and representation of scientific knowledge. |
Date | 20:03:36, December 12, 2005 CET | From | Moderate Democratic Party | To | Debating the Museum Privatization Act |
Message | Supported. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 132 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 109 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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