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Bill: Free Market Infrastructure
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand National Party
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 3440
Description[?]:
| Mr Speaker, the state continues to stifle innovation and competition in the infrastructure sector with its iron fist. Government-run and tax-subsidized companies are always wrong from an economic and moral point of view, because they have no incentive to improve their services while living off taxpayer money. Furthermore, the best sources of energy need to be chosen by free market mechanisms, not by government favoritism. This bill will put and end to the injustices of big government. Danielle Dayton MP Member for Magadonia GNP Spokeswoman for Infrastructure |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy in respect to highways.
Old value:: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Current: A national highway infrastructure is constructed and maintained by the government.
Proposed: All highway projects are undertaken by contracted firms.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:18:50, February 12, 2013 CET | From | Radical Liberal Party of Dranland | To | Debating the Free Market Infrastructure |
| Message | Mr Speaker We want to ask what is wrong with Dranish government invest in our future and self-reliance.I think this bill is irresponsible and increase Dranland's reliance on oil,gas and other fuels.We want to if we propose article 3 in its current value and with an article that supported by GNP (excluding environmental deregulation) they will vote for it. Georgia McCormick MP from Elbian GP Parliamentary Leader |
| Date | 21:36:09, February 12, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Free Market Infrastructure |
| Message | Mr Speaker, investments are fine, but better conducted with private money. Let the people decide themselves how to spend their money instead of pursuing megalomaniac infrastructure projects. Danielle Dayton MP Member for Magadonia GNP Spokeswoman for Infrastructure |
| Date | 23:26:33, February 12, 2013 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Free Market Infrastructure |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, this is a deeply irresponsible Bill which will do tremendous mischief to the public interest. Imposing a privatised, unregulated postal service will result in consumers being ripped off, and people living in some rural areas will be left entirely without a postal service. Abolishing subsidies for renewable energies is extremely short-sighted and will hinder our ambition to move towards more sustainable energy production. Contracting out highway projects to private companies will vastly increase the cost to the tax-payers because these companies will want to rip us off and make profits. It also represents giving government money to private companies - something the GNP has condemned as "corporatism" in the past. If the GNP is against companies living off public money, they why are they introducing a proposal which does precisely this? Antonio Benandez MP (Leader of the Opposition) |
| Date | 02:24:59, February 13, 2013 CET | From | P.A.R.D | To | Debating the Free Market Infrastructure |
| Message | Mr.Speaker,this bill is highly corrupt and will only lead to the further dissolution of infrastructure in Dranland. Francisco Salazar Jefe de Partido |
| Date | 21:06:41, February 13, 2013 CET | From | Revolution Party | To | Debating the Free Market Infrastructure |
| Message | Mr.Speaker, I feel that this bill will lose our control over the infrastructure of this country. We should not be jeopardizing our infrastructure. If anything Mr.Speaker, we should be investing in our future of our infrastructure. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 218 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 181 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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