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Bill: Deregulation of the Economy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Front Canrillaise
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 2166
Description[?]:
| The deregulation of the economy and the freeing up of the markets, even if it is partial, will lead to economic prosperity. We can still hang on to some of our social programs and all. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 3
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 government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:40:38, January 02, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Economy |
| Message | Why bunch them all together? It's much better to seperate them. |
| Date | 01:53:01, January 03, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Economy |
| Message | I don't care. I oppose all of this. Unregulated economies are wasetful. Especially when you have something like energy providers. It only makes sense to have one provider per community. That provider should be the government, not some monopolistic company. If you want to revive the economy put tariffs back in place and give the people who work in factories control of the factories. They won't let their jobs leave. |
| Date | 02:26:30, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Economy |
| Message | I just realized that the RCP is going to dominate all the legislative votes this term, and nothing is going to pass without their support. Glad I'm on their side on this one. |
| Date | 19:17:38, January 04, 2006 CET | From | Proletariat Coalition | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Economy |
| Message | You don't have to bum off him. |
| Date | 19:20:16, January 04, 2006 CET | From |  Parti Citron de Rildanor | To | Debating the Deregulation of the Economy |
| Message | You said bum. Teehee. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 16 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 84 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a cheque. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Martin Luther King Jr. |