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Bill: National Industry Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for a Democratic Socialist Society
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 2161
Description[?]:
Stimulate workers control and nationalise industries that otherwise face bankruptcy to prevent job losses and loss of vital goods |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 19:16:09, December 23, 2005 CET | From | Jakanian Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the National Industry Bill |
Message | support |
Date | 23:51:52, December 23, 2005 CET | From | CMAG | To | Debating the National Industry Bill |
Message | This bill is nonsensical. If a business is going bankrupt it is because it is not operating correctly. It is either inefficiently organized, or insuffiently aware of the demands of its market. If a business goes bankrupt through this sort of inefficiency then its competitors absorb its marketshare. This in turn would require the expansion of the competitors and the need for more employees experienced in the field. Many times the competitors will aquire a weakened business outright forestalling the need for large scale 'lay-offs'. Furhtermore unseen events will occur. First, the steady accumluation of nationalized businesses will place a growing burden on the state and hence the taxpayer, the very persons this bill claims to help. Secondly it will forstall investors who fear that if they attempt to turn around an ailing business that they might lose that investment through the process of nationalization. This would only insure the acceleration of bankruptcies. Businesses will begin to see bankruptcy as a way to encourage a government bailout, removing a vital motive for efficiency and hence lower consumer prices. Banks will also lend more freely pushing inflation, the kind that effects those least able to borrow the most. |
Date | 02:21:41, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Jakania | To | Debating the National Industry Bill |
Message | Supported |
Date | 17:34:24, December 24, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Jakania | To | Debating the National Industry Bill |
Message | You should know, the Workers Council part is void, Jakania is already in an international agreement to allow the formation of such. And quite frankly, it'd be unfair to just exempt tax's from them. People would only join the councils to get the exemptions, and not join them for the real reason we are looking for, because they're interested. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 105 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
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