We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Space Exploration Bill 3513
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jelbénkai Utrji Spjogad
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: May 3514
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to restructure the space exploration sector in order to make efficiency savings to the national budget and to modernise this sector in line with market principles. The Cosmopolitan Alliance sees space spending as a luxury we cannot afford when there are so many more pressing issues at home and abroad - never mind in other galaxies. And yet we also cherish the scientific spirit and technological progress space industries have helped to nurture, launching satellites into the sky and peering into the furthest reaches of our universe's past. Therefore our proposal is that: a) The national space agency be closed down. b) That in its place a government controlled regulatory body be established to deal with space industries. c) That this regulatory body issues permits to private space-exploration companies that meet government-set standards, who must then take on the financial burden of for-profit space exploration. We feel that the innovation and outlook a market-based approach brings will be good news for the space industry and investors, while we also feel that the state budget needs to be spent on more appropriate needs and services. By issuing permits for specific projects to companies that we can vet, we still retain a degree of policy control over what gets launched, which projects get approved and who is able to operate in our territory, while lifting the cost burden from taxpayers. This ensures that the bill stays in accordance with Jelbania's current ratification of the International Space Agency treaty, which allows for private operation through permits. And with corporation tax at a healthy rate of 70%, the national budget should benefit even more from private investment in this area. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Proposed: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:50:21, July 12, 2013 CET | From |  Krsyijkai Jeztri Prta | To | Debating the Space Exploration Bill 3513 |
| Message | We applaud this motion to reduce governmental waste when so much work is needed to be done here on Terra, and will happily work to see it passed in the future. With corporate taxes as they are, however, we doubt that private space exploration companies will consider registering in Jelbania when other, more profitable, options are available to them. Yours sincerely, Mr. Krsyijkai Jeztri, Clan-Chief of Jeztri Founder, President, and Treasurer of the United Northern Union Political Union Great Unifier and Protector of the Jelbek Race |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 75 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 162 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 63 |
| Random fact: Dorvik is a nation based on Germanic and old Prussian cultures, it is located on the far north of Artania, making it an almost arctic nation. |
| Random quote: "I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business." - Richard M. Nixon |