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Bill: Liberalization Act - Proposal to Presidium
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Liberal Association
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: July 3636
Description[?]:
| We, the NLA, like to propose a certain set of liberal bill to the presidium, as we are not member of it ourselves. There is an uproar in our nation, but we need to look in the future and work on what will be after it. Please consider these proposals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 50
Current: 30
Proposed: 30
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Discrimination in the military on grounds of race/religion.
Old value:: Candidates must be of a certain race/religion to have any place in the military.
Current: Any adult citizen can serve in the military, discrimination for racial or religious reasons is prohibited.
Proposed: The government does not interfere with the military over who can serve in it.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are allowed and are unregulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:10:40, March 14, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Liberalization Act - Proposal to Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We refuse to cut the corporation tax. We believe the government should continue to operate a central stock exchange, while private companies will be free to participate in it. Only 1 religion is legal in Lodamun, and those who are not a part of that religion shouldn't be allowed to run around with guns. We prefer worker-managed and worker-owned businesses where workers share the profits of their efforts, instead of corporations where a class of owners claims the right to the profits that they are not needed to make. We would support private ownership of all powerstations if the central government owned the grid, but we know you federalists wouldn't want that. -- Richard Orman, Deputy Chairman of the NRG, Trade/Industry Minister |
| Date | 17:16:36, March 14, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Liberalization Act - Proposal to Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are confused. And we think tax proposals should be well balanced. Maybe the Minister of Finance can take care of that. Herman Devos P&A chairman |
| Date | 19:11:07, March 15, 2014 CET | From | Allied Humanists | To | Debating the Liberalization Act - Proposal to Presidium |
| Message | Article 5 is total nonsense as this renders us incapable of supporting our own finances in terms of energy costs as it will be under no control on our part. We object to Article 2 as it is unwise to have the stock exchange go regulated as this may lead to monopolization of certain industries which is currently against our law. Paull Stern Financial Correspondent |
| Date | 23:52:43, March 15, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Liberalization Act - Proposal to Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Stern is talking nonsense regarding Article 5. It will not render us "incapable of supporting our own finances in terms of energy costs" as he claims. Article 2 is suggesting to have multiple stock exchanges, all regulated. It is already regulated. Either way, it has nothing to do with monopolies. The status, of whether a corproation is a monopoly or not, has nothing to do with stocks. If one person was impossibly wealthy enough to try to merge 2 companies by buying all the stocks in both, the result would be a severe decrease in stock price since the person wouldn't want them to be put up for sale. If the Allied Humanists are going to criticize the bill, they should at least say things that make sense. We disagree with the bill, but the Allied Humanists' comments aren't constructive in any way, as they repeatedly show a lack of understanding of laws. -- Reuben Landau, Finance Minister |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 200 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 305 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 94 |
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