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Bill: Consumer Protection Act 3820
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Radicals
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 3821
Description[?]:
| An Act to strengthen the rights and protection of consumers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food and beverage labeling regulations.
Old value:: Companies are encouraged by the government to label food and beverage products.
Current: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Proposed: Companies must clearly label food and beverage products, in a manner that can be easily understood.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:36:41, March 24, 2015 CET | From |  Liberal Party of Davostan | To | Debating the Consumer Protection Act 3820 |
| Message | The CUP understands the consumers want for this, but we feel an enforcement of these protocols will be counterproductive towards our policies. Business should be allowed to choose what they put on their products without government intervention. If their products are unsuitable for the consumer base they'll either lose profit, go bankrupt or change how the product works. If they want a maximum consumer base, they'll provide the recommened values on their packaging to imply loyalty and quality in their products. Forcing this measure could however cripple the businesses we need alive (it maybe a minor change, but having to reprint something on a million items can be more devastating than we want. For this reason, we'll be on the firm No! |
| Date | 17:04:53, March 24, 2015 CET | From | Party of Radicals | To | Debating the Consumer Protection Act 3820 |
| Message | The logic of market discipline implies that businesses first have to be hit by scandal before they'll be comvincingly compelled to change their ways. Besides, consumers should not have to make an active choice in this matter - they should be completely safe in the knowledge that strict regulations leave no room for error. |
| Date | 17:09:46, March 24, 2015 CET | From | Liberal Party of Davostan | To | Debating the Consumer Protection Act 3820 |
| Message | Regulations can cause errors though, regulating the consumption of something could cause upset and dismay over the issue and the people most addicted to the item being regulated, will look for other sources to make their trade, sometimes a different market. Plus, creating these changes could affect our small, local and loyal businesses who are only looking to be local markets. Local markets traditionally make less profit, meaning if they are being forced to label something on their products, it make cost more. Plus, there are many businesses in the Davostan which do encourage and taken advantage of this policy. Granted some toss the policy out the window, but consumers don't have to trust those companies who do toss the policy out of the window. If companies treat consumers correctly, the consumers will buy their products. And a good definition of treating a consumer correctly is being transparent in the selling of goods. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 154 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 271 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Doxxing", or the publishing of personally identifiable information about another player without permission, is forbidden. |
| Random quote: "Democracy is more dangerous than fire. Fire can't vote itself immune to water." - Michael Z. Williamson |