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Bill: Full Blooded Socialism Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Interracial and United Left 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: March 3715
Description[?]:
| The economy should be run by the people for the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
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 6
Proposal[?] to change Public works initiatives
Old value:: The government contracts with private corporations to build public works.
Current: The government contracts with private corporations to build public works.
Proposed: The government funds a program to build public works.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:30:25, August 18, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | You seem to be confused: the state is not the people. We already have a representative economy: it's called the free market. Anyone can enter into it and everyone votes with their dollars to whom they want. That is certainly "by the people", and "for the people" as much as any political regime of representative democracy is. What you are saying is that you dislike how the people have freely "voted" with their dollars and so you believe you must resort to force and top down commands from the political elite to control the masses for their own good. Though VVR is not a populist or especially Democratic Party we are even less so totalitarian...let us discuss this honestly for what it is. |
| Date | 01:50:32, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | I find it ironic that the primary definition of full blooded is that one is of unmixed race....I presume the interracial and united left party meant the secondary definition of zealous and uncompromising? ;) |
| Date | 01:51:10, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | RIDICULOUS |
| Date | 01:51:58, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | NO NO AND NO! THOSE LAWS CAN'T BE APPROVES! |
| Date | 02:04:47, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | *APPROVED |
| Date | 17:30:55, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Interracial and United Left Party | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | VVR we understand your reasoned argument, while we look with scorn on the noisy members of the LDP. We will continuously campaign for the economy to be in the hands of the workers, as represented by the state. |
| Date | 18:03:52, August 19, 2014 CET | From | Kirlawa Liberal Party | To | Debating the Full Blooded Socialism Bill |
| Message | IULP, we understand where you are coming from but we are parties representing the free market, which is in the hands of the people hence the term FREE. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 176 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 420 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 121 |
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