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Bill: Free Market Act of 3476
Details
Submitted by[?]: Minarchist League of Rutania
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: May 3477
Description[?]:
| The free market must be protected and the government should stay out of it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:54:10, April 27, 2013 CET | From | Workers' Solidarity Movement | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 3476 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, What people need most from vital services is stability, a fair price and the knowledge the provide will still be there tomorrow. The "free market" can only get you so far, so it is necessary the people know that the Government is there to step in and help provide those goods and services, and no-one will miss out if the worst were to happen. Christian Täuber, Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Date | 22:17:25, April 27, 2013 CET | From | Minarchist League of Rutania | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 3476 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, So to provide stability, we should put the economy in the hands of politicians instead of leaving business to businessmen and businesswomen? We need to leave the economy to private individuals who know what they are doing. If industry falls, there will be individuals who will prop it back up. Ryan Marsh Former Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Date | 22:01:22, April 28, 2013 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Free Market Act of 3476 |
| Message | We believe in FREE MARKET economics, but it is just COMMON SENSE that if an industry fails, the gov't can intervene by nationalizing the industry to reform and reboot the industry and then sell it back to the market for profit. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 228 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 213 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 114 |
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