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Bill: JLP Energy Proposal of 2167
Details
Submitted by[?]: JLP Liberation Militia
Status[?]: passed
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: January 2169
Description[?]:
| A bill to deregulate the Energy Industry |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:29:40, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the JLP Energy Proposal of 2167 |
| Message | The AAS opposes on two grounds. First - we oppose putting a whole nation at the mecy of the caprices of independent businesses, Second - we oppose the idea of allowing any major or vital industry to operate without regulation... and, the more vital the product, the more essential the regulation. |
| Date | 21:56:57, January 08, 2006 CET | From | JLP Liberation Militia | To | Debating the JLP Energy Proposal of 2167 |
| Message | The more vital the product, the more essential government doesn't interfere. |
| Date | 23:38:31, January 08, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the JLP Energy Proposal of 2167 |
| Message | And, if our 'private' energy company should decide that a foreign power offers better money to STOP producing energy? Some services MUST be regulated. Some services are best left under direct supervision. |
| Date | 02:50:59, January 09, 2006 CET | From | Likaton Fascist Front | To | Debating the JLP Energy Proposal of 2167 |
| Message | To the AAS : "And, if our 'private' energy company should decide that a foreign power offers better money to STOP producing energy?" If it is viable, another company will happily step in and make a profit. Capitalists will always sense where there is money to be made filling a gap. |
| Date | 13:27:34, January 09, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the JLP Energy Proposal of 2167 |
| Message | Response to the PSS: The PSS is, perhaps, more trusting than the AAS... we are, perhaps, overly cautious and suspicious... however, if we WERE to lose our energy interests to another foreign power, the AAS can see that it might take quite some time for a new energy producer to step in to the other companies shows... especially since energy networks have specific 'high tension' areas where energy can be fed into the system, and these COULD be monopolised by our 'renegade' company. And, this is all BEFORE we even start to think about risks of sabotage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 265 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 197 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 38 |
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