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Bill: Free Market Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Justice And Collective Rule Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: April 3744
Description[?]:
| For Beluzia! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Exchange rate regime
Old value:: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.
Current: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.
Proposed: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Current: Monopolies are actively enforced in all sectors of the economy.
Proposed: Monopolies are only forbidden in specific sectors of the economy.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government law concerning the sales of recreational drugs.
Old value:: The matter of sales of recreational drugs is handled by local governments.
Current: The government is entirely responsible for the controlled sales of recreational drugs through operating stores and other locations.
Proposed: Recreational drugs sales are handled by private foundations which are heavily regulated by the government.
Article 4
Withdraw from the The New Economy Treaty.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:11:58, October 16, 2014 CET | From | Skeptic Liberal Union | To | Debating the Free Market Act |
| Message | I do not agree with article 2. Monopolies are bad for the market. Otherwise I could agree. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 317 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything!" - Rick Santorum |