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Bill: Restructuring Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Al'Badaran Conservative 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: October 2171
Description[?]:
| We have noticed that the government controls many aspects of the economy, This has its advantages. We have observed also, in other nations, that private enterprise also has its advantages. but too much of a thing is always harmful. Therefore, we believe that a private sector should be able to co-exist with the public and sector in a certain balance where the maximum benifit can be obtained from the both. We propose enacting legeslation to allow some degree of private enterprise to be present in A'Badara which will co-exist with the public sector which will still retain the control of the major aspects of th economy and services. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
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 The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Current: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:02:20, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Majatran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 05:05:06, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Majataran Capitalist Resurrection Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | YES! |
| Date | 05:05:37, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Ishtirakiya Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | No |
| Date | 09:38:16, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Would the "No"'s be satisfied if some measures were taken off? I would like to point out that most areas will still remain under government control. Maybe if I struck out acts 2,5 and 6? |
| Date | 17:20:46, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | We have proposed some of these articles in the past, but we must oppose article 6 on worker's councils. Splitting the bill up seems a good idea. |
| Date | 18:50:46, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Very well I will remove act 6 |
| Date | 18:51:11, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Anything else? |
| Date | 20:34:55, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Ishtirakiya Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | The Ishtirakiya Party votes NO on all proposals. |
| Date | 07:59:08, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Will we have the support of the UPU? |
| Date | 19:07:34, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Majatran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | We also vote no on everything. This bill, if it passes, will destroy everything ourselves, the Medusoids, the MLS and the UPU have built over the last few decades of Al'Badaran history. |
| Date | 23:09:48, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | How so? |
| Date | 23:49:48, January 06, 2006 CET | From | Ishtirakiya Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Since the early years of Al'badaran democracy, said parties have been working to keep the corruption of privatization out of the country and build a republic. |
| Date | 09:27:21, January 07, 2006 CET | From | Al'Badaran Conservative Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | And how exactly is a small degree of privitisation is exactly corruption? |
| Date | 21:28:09, January 14, 2006 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | In fact the UPU has proposed many of these measures in the past, despite the opposition of our allies in government. A slight relaxation of state control is compatible with UPU policy. |
| Date | 00:43:28, January 15, 2006 CET | From | Ishtirakiya Party | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | a "slight" relaxation is the first step towards making our great country a completely privatized state. |
| Date | 01:01:21, January 15, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Council | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | We share the worries of the Ishtirakiya Party that this may well be the first step of radical privatisation. We wish to ask the UPU and DRP to state their stance on the economy, and whether they intend to go any further. |
| Date | 02:02:45, January 15, 2006 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Restructuring Act |
| Message | Ou policy remains a mixed economy. The state and worker-run cooperatives should control most things and the state regulate for the greater good. But small family-owned business should be permitted to function as well. We do not intend to go any further. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 291 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 360 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 81 |
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