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Bill: Local Energy Funding.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Alliance
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: October 3516
Description[?]:
| Whereas we respect the Independence Party government's decision (while disagreeing with it) not to fund desperately needed renewable energy sources we wish the government to allow local governments to choose whether to dedicate some of their budget towards the pursuit. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Renewable energy sources (eg. solar power, wind power).
Old value:: The government does not take any position with regards to renewable energy.
Current: The government does not take any position with regards to renewable energy.
Proposed: The decision on renewable energy sources is left up to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:53:40, July 16, 2013 CET | From |  Independence Party | To | Debating the Local Energy Funding. |
| Message | It isn't wise to defer to local governments on this - there needs to be a consistent policy across the nation. |
| Date | 22:19:39, July 16, 2013 CET | From | New Latin Party | To | Debating the Local Energy Funding. |
| Message | Libertarian ideals in a socialist alliance? I find this much more amusing than I should. -Maria Castro |
| Date | 22:48:05, July 16, 2013 CET | From | Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Local Energy Funding. |
| Message | We are unsure why these are libertarian ideals. We wish to allow local government to develop renewable energy sources if the central government will not. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 310 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 440 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Players have a responsibility to make a reasonable effort to be accurate when communicating the rules to other players. Any player who manipulatively misleads another player about the rules will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." - Ralph Nader |