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Bill: The Industrial Privatisation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nationalist Party of Gaduridos
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: February 2156
Description[?]:
| Privatised Industry allows for a more competitive market and for more wealth to move in and out of Our Great Nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors are not allowed to invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: Health care is entirely private.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Proposed: The government does not subsidise the cost of pharmaceutical drugs at all.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:10:04, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | We are against |
| Date | 13:41:54, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | Pushing to vote quickly on behalf of the Senate so that we can have an early election as fairly and soon as possible! Apologies to those who missed it. |
| Date | 20:49:03, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | The first article is madness! How non-subsidised defence industries cannot survive without foreign sales! Surely you don't want to have to sell our state of the art Pernessia-class cruisers to the Kalistans! And our laws also allow foreigners to invest in national corporations! That means foreign ownership of our DEFENCE INDUSTRIES! We urge IN THE STONGEST TERMS for that nationalists and fascisti to reconsider! This will cost Gaduridos our edge as the leading military power technologically! MADNESS! We urge in the STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS FOR THE NATIONALISTS AND FASCISTI TO RECONSIDER this will be a disaster of unparalled proportions! We can agree with wealth moving in and out of our nation, but we can't agree with Pernessia Cruisers, Raven's Beak SSMs, silverfish landing craft and our valuable stealth aircraft! If this bill is allowed to succeed we will lose much of what we have sought to accomplish! |
| Date | 20:55:37, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Imperial Party | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | This bill allows foreign companies to invest freely in our corporations! That means the other nations can PURCHASE all rights to our state-of-the-art weaponry! We could have foreign companies informing us that we are NO LONGER PERMITTED TO PURCHASE Pernessia Cruisers. If this bill passes, the defence ministry will be forced to withdraw all purchase orders, and remove all production data concerning any of our equipment. This is neccessary for national security. As a result of this, all of our defence industries will, of course, fall flat on their faces with no purchases made of any kind, and our military will quickly spiral into innefficacy as a result of a lack of new equipment. This is, however, better than having our Gaduri equipment in the hands of Ausländern! |
| Date | 22:06:11, December 13, 2005 CET | From | Post-Revolutionary Pragmatic Party | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | While this party is not opposed to less government involvement in citizens' lives, we feel this bill goes too far on several issues, and would prefer this mother of all bills to be split into a number of smaller ones. |
| Date | 08:28:04, December 14, 2005 CET | From | National Fascisti | To | Debating the The Industrial Privatisation Act |
| Message | Whilst we agree on many of the issues, we will abstain from this vote for the greater good of our empire. Vincenzo Gioacchino RaffaeIe Luigi Pecci The Godfather National Fascisti |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 96 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 138 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 127 |
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