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Bill: Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium
Details
Submitted by[?]: Great National Republican Guard
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: April 3680
Description[?]:
| A proposal to reverse the dangerous "Free Market Reforms" which were foreign ideas that were introduced to infect and destroy the Lodamese society: http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill.php?billid=409967 We are severely disappointed that the Members of the 11th Presidium approved such an attrocity. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 40
Current: 30
Proposed: 50
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 15
Current: 5
Proposed: 25
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 40
Current: 25
Proposed: 50
Article 6
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:34:59, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Alliance Party | To | Debating the Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We'd like to register our entire disapproval of this act. We are vehemently opposed to the changes made within and would like to submit our displeasure for the official record. - Rick Hobbs Leader of the CAP |
| Date | 17:49:55, June 11, 2014 CET | From |  Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Does Rick Hobbs prefer the current situation? We are simply returning to the situation that existed before the PPFD-led coalition caused our GDP to fall by 20,000,000,000 LOD. And what official record is Rick Hobbs talking about? He could "register" his disapproval in the Presidium, if he was a Member, but he isn't. He could register his disapproval in the media, but it is illegal to do so. Please tell him to register his disapproval in his little diary. -- Reuben Landau, Chairman of the GNRG, President of Lodamun |
| Date | 17:56:03, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium |
| Message | OOC: Benjamin* (not Reuben) |
| Date | 17:57:25, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Alliance Party | To | Debating the Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We prefer a balanced approach. This legislation does nothing but cut jobs and create economic losses, higher corporate taxes mean less jobs and higher sales taxes mean less goods sold. It is rather simple economics. We support the GNRG's efforts, but not the means of this legislation. Our main concern is with the increase in corporation taxes. - Rick Hobbs Leader of the CAP |
| Date | 18:08:11, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Great National Republican Guard | To | Debating the Reversal of "Free Market Reforms" - 12th Presidium |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We need these taxes to be able to afford our large budget, which the Conservatives claimed to approve. When the sales tax rates were cut under the PPFD-led coalition, Consumption per capita increased only marginally, to facilitate much larger cuts in government spending, resulting in a huge chunk of the GDP disappearing. The PPFD-led coalition cut revenue by over 200 LOD per capita, and cut government spending by over 200 LOD per capita. You would expect Consumption to have increased by at least 180 LOD per capita, but it increased by less than 50 LOD per capita. When the consumers have this money they don't spend it. When the government has this money, the government spends it. The government spending benefits the people and the private sector companies that are contracted to provide those services that benefit the people. It has been proven, through statistics, that the people don't spend this money on their own. -- Benjamin Landau, Chairman of the GNRG, President of Lodamun |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 359 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 240 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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