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Bill: Energy and Phones Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gizmo Vulva League
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: September 2171
Description[?]:
| We cannot allow these two issues go unregulated. So that people get overcharged for their energy and phone services. As well as then the energy will be regulated to provide a clearer environment for Cobura. |
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 provision is left to local governments.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:02:38, January 13, 2006 CET | From |  Workers' Communist Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Energy and Phones Bill |
| Message | Or we can just let the market and the consumer decided these things, less government regulations, less of the taxpayers money government spends. |
| Date | 04:51:06, January 13, 2006 CET | From | Modern Economic Party of Cobura | To | Debating the Energy and Phones Bill |
| Message | we are for, though we like a government eneregy, regulation is good. to the LIA the market basis it all on how much they can jack up prices before people stop buying it. |
| Date | 09:48:23, January 13, 2006 CET | From | Zapatista Party | To | Debating the Energy and Phones Bill |
| Message | For 1, against 2. We will support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 318 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 36 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 46 |
| Random fact: There are two countries based on Egypt in the game. Cobura is based on modern Egypt with a retro twist, while Hawu Mumenhes is based on Ancient Egypt with a modernist twist. |
| Random quote: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine." - George Washington |