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Bill: Nationalize the Media Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist 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: August 2052
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: All radio stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Proposed: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Proposed: All television stations are owned by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:16:16, May 14, 2005 CET | From |  United Blobs | To | Debating the Nationalize the Media Act |
| Message | No - Free speech requires people to have the right to broadcast their views independantly from the government. |
| Date | 18:10:54, May 15, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Nationalize the Media Act |
| Message | Your "free speech" broadcasts the views of the people with lots of $$. Your "free speech" is only for the rich and thus class based. What we need is a nationalised economy and thus a nationalised media democratically controlled by the working class. I am fully aware that the current gouvernement is capitalisitc, but even so it is shown that nationalised economies work better than privatised, for both customers and people working in these economies. In this context we plea for the nationalization of the media. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 128 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 239 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 33 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err." - Mahatma Gandhi |