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Bill: Reform Bill of 3674
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federalist 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: December 3675
Description[?]:
| A bill proposing reforms for the benefit of citizens and the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting citizenship.
Old value:: Citizenship is granted based on race/religion/gender.
Current: Citizenship is granted to all nationals.
Proposed: Citizenship is gained by passing a qualifying exam.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 25
Current: 5
Proposed: 15
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 50
Current: 25
Proposed: 25
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Racial and religious registration of nationals.
Old value:: All nationals are required to register their religion.
Current: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Proposed: The government does not require nationals to register their race or religion.
Article 8
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 | 10:22:22, June 02, 2014 CET | From | Grand Nationalist Fraction | To | Debating the Reform Bill of 3674 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, we cannot agree with a tax cut on luxury goods. We sincerely hope you've taken the time to do some calculations. Also, since certain laws predict that one has to be of a certain religion, being nationalism, we find it very inconvenient not to register the religion of our nationals. Vince Urbain P&A chairman |
| Date | 14:55:15, June 02, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Reform Bill of 3674 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The party, which showed that it has no knowledge of Lodamun's economy, wants to change Lodamun's economy. Have these idiots become geniuses overnight? http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=409645 They haven't told us what the changes to the budget will be if this bill is passed: http://classic.particracy.net/budget.php?nationid=19 The proposed changes in taxes will cut our revenue by over 36,000,000,000 LOD, which is almost 34% of our revenue. This will send us into severe debt, which will drive op our demand for other currencies and devalue our own. Lodamun's currency will no longer be the strongest national currency in the world, and we would have the 2nd highest debt in the world. The Federalists haven't told us what they will do to prevent us from going into debt. They haven't told us whether they intend for budget cuts to be made. They claim that the bill will be "for the benefit of citizens and the economy" without telling us how. For a free market party, they could have proposed to change the law on DWCs to state that "The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils" but they want to entirely ban DWCs instead. We know that the PPFD supports free market policies, and would support certain articles of this bill, but we ask them to consider how realistic this bill is before supporting it. -- Kristov DeKarav XII, Finance Minister |
| Date | 17:44:11, June 02, 2014 CET | From | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | To | Debating the Reform Bill of 3674 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We do support most of the articles, but the previous speakers have a point. We are in favor of lowering taxes, but this is a very drastic cut in our budget, that should first be changed to make this possible. We do not support article 5, and agree with the reasoning of the GNRG. If a company wants to be run by a DWC, they should be. The government mustn't intervene. If the Federalists propose a budget change and modify article 5, we will vote in favor of this proposal. Steve Hole, PPFD-specialist for Finance; Alice Nobleman, PPFD-specialist for Trade and Industry |
| Date | 04:02:00, June 03, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Reform Bill of 3674 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This bill will cut the government's revenue by 36,000,000,000 LOD. We are not in favour of a deficit budget. The GNRG has kept Lodamun's budget balanced for hundreds of years. So far, the only proposed budget cut is by 20,700,000,000 LOD: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=409848 We will still end up having a budget deficit of approximately 15,300,000,000 LOD, which would be the 3rd highest budget deficit in the entire world. -- Kristov DeKarav XII, GNRG Spokesman on Finance |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 50 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 278 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 271 |
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