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Bill: Subsidy Package
Details
Submitted by[?]: Aldurian Communist Party
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: April 3603
Description[?]:
| We in the People's Progressive Party feel that the following subsidies will be money that would be well spent by this body as it would improve the quality of life for the people of Alduria. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are private.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: All television media are private.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:54:36, January 05, 2014 CET | From | Republican Party (GOP) | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | We are against this bill it is complete nonsense. It opposes free-market capitalism and promotes a nanny state in Alduria. Radio and Television is far from being an essential part of our lives so why do you want us to pay for something people don't need. |
| Date | 05:09:06, January 05, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Party (National Coalition) | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 05:40:26, January 05, 2014 CET | From | Aldurian Communist Party | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | We are most confused. When debating one bill our Republican friends talk about our surplus and suggest we use that money to give back to the people. Then on every bill we propose that would use the surpluses to help improve the lives of the people of Alduria, they say they won't be supporting.Yet they are perfectly content to give corporations a tax break, to give the money back to the people. If they really wanted to give the money back to the people wouldn't they have proposed lowering the Luxury good tax as opposed to the corporate tax? If they were really concerned about using the surplus to help the PEOPLE wouldn't they have voted for the People's New Deal? Instead what do our Republican friends do? They vote against these pieces of legislation and go as far as to call a government subsidized Radio and TV station "nanny state" and say we oppose "free market capitalism." What are friends mean to say is that we oppose the corporate fascism they continue to espouse. |
| Date | 08:38:10, January 05, 2014 CET | From | Republican Party (GOP) | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | We as republicans stand for fiscal responsibly, low taxes, and less government involvement in people's lives. You can check our history our party eliminated the income tax for Aldurians earning less then $20,000 ALD, we lowered taxs to 5% for Aldurians earning more than $20,000 ALD, we lowered the luxury tax to 8% from 16%, we eliminated the tax on essiential goods, and we also eliminated the corporate tax rate. We opposed the New Deal bill because it was a very radical change from our current policy and it stands against our core principles. Finally it is not Free-Market capitalism if we are subsidizing and nationalizing bussinesses and it is a nanny state if the government provides everything to its people. Your for a socialized command economy. |
| Date | 18:46:26, January 05, 2014 CET | From | People's Populist Party | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | The People`s Populist Party also opposes this bill due to article 2 & 3. We feel that no matter what the purpose is, television and radio is not a wise subsidy. A government run/subsidized station, is one step in the direction of creating propaganda for the government's benefit. |
| Date | 22:44:31, January 05, 2014 CET | From | Ligue Anarcho-Communiste | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | The LSL stands with the Progressives re this bill and are also perplexed by the hypocrisy of the GOP on this issue. |
| Date | 17:55:34, January 06, 2014 CET | From | Green Party | To | Debating the Subsidy Package |
| Message | We're disappointed agriculture subsidies - which we oppose - were included alongside public TV and radio services - which we support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 195 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics." - Wendell Phillips |