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Bill: Free Market Proposal of 3759
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Realism 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: September 3759
Description[?]:
| This bill is to eliminate two unecessary taxes, and it asks for a guarentee to cut the "Health and Social service" expense in half. We have added one proposal to help control education costs, and the rest of it woll be done by the WSS if they accept. In addition, we privatized banks to further help. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 17
Current: 50
Proposed: 0
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 25
Current: 12
Proposed: 0
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Higher education institutions.
Old value:: The government maintains a system of universities, vocational schools, and colleges nationwide.
Current: The government maintains a system of universities nationwide.
Proposed: The government leaves the development and funding of all higher education institutions up to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:59:06, November 17, 2014 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | None of these articles improves the state of the economy but will only, in the long term, reduce the quality of life for the people of this nation. |
| Date | 01:03:24, November 17, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | We disagree. The government's involvement in the economy is generally suicidal to the it. |
| Date | 01:37:14, November 17, 2014 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | We can see no improvement to the economy or the education system by transferring funding from national government to local government in providing for higher education. Moreover, with the change of funding control there could be no guarantee that money would be placed into higher education. We see this as a "back-door" privatisation policy. Education is far too important to be reliant on the private sector. |
| Date | 01:40:28, November 17, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | Local governments are better at forming education because they will make prices and monitor it according to each local area's needs. |
| Date | 01:54:19, November 17, 2014 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | Education is not something to be bartered like sugar in the market. Education is the cornerstone of a modern society and we will not support any attempt at marketising it. Education is for the betterment of everyone. |
| Date | 02:52:50, November 17, 2014 CET | From | Conservative Realism Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | Clarification: by make prices, I meant "fund". I'm sorry that I used poor word choice there. With that clarified, we say the exact same thing and get a different outcome: Education is not something to be bartered like sugar in the market. Education is the cornerstone of a modern society and we will not support any attempt at marketising it. Education is for the betterment of everyone. That's exactly why it should be localized. |
| Date | 02:57:27, November 17, 2014 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Free Market Proposal of 3759 |
| Message | We disagree. Localising education creates insular ideals when teaching. Education is to broaden ones horizons, not shrink them. "Education is not something to be bartered like sugar in the market. Education is the cornerstone of a modern society and we will not support any attempt at marketising it. Education is for the betterment of everyone. That's exactly why it should be national." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 325 |
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