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Bill: Industrial Privatization Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberalerna
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes to change the allocation of funds in the budget. It requires more than half of the legislature to vote yes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 3933
Description[?]:
| By privatizing various government owned Industry and Services, we can cut back on funding for them and create more room to cut taxes for hard working Telomonians. We hope the coalition and Republicans will back our reforms and work with us to lower Taxes after this passes. -Stephanie Dickinson Finance Minister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Current: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Proposed: Health care is private, but the government subsidises the cost of it for all citizens.
Article 3
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.
Article 4
| Ministry | Current Budget | Old Budget | Propesed Budget |
| Head of Government | 615,152,741 TPD | 1,500 TPD | 1,500 TPD |
| Foreign Affairs | 4,613,645,560 TPD | 1,000,000,000 TPD | 1,000,000,000 TPD |
| Internal Affairs | 7,689,409,266 TPD | 3,000,000,000 TPD | 3,000,000,000 TPD |
| Finance | 6,151,527,413 TPD | 4,000,000,000 TPD | 4,000,000,000 TPD |
| Defence | 17,839,429,497 TPD | 50,000,000,000 TPD | 35,000,000,000 TPD |
| Justice | 4,613,645,560 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD |
| Infrastructure and Transport | 10,765,172,973 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD | 7,000,000,000 TPD |
| Health and Social Services | 21,530,345,945 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD | 4,000,000,000 TPD |
| Education and Culture | 7,689,409,266 TPD | 6,000,000,000 TPD | 6,000,000,000 TPD |
| Science and Technology | 10,765,172,973 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD |
| Food and Agriculture | 21,530,345,945 TPD | 2,000,000,000 TPD | 2,000,000,000 TPD |
| Environment and Tourism | 13,840,936,679 TPD | 500,000,000 TPD | 500,000,000 TPD |
| Trade and Industry | 18,454,582,239 TPD | 10,000,000,000 TPD | 5,000,000,000 TPD |
| Total | 146,098,776,057 TPD | 103,500,001,500 TPD | 82,500,001,500 TPD |
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:36:28, November 06, 2015 CET | From | Socialliberala Unionspartiet (SUP) | To | Debating the Industrial Privatization Act |
| Message | Herr Talman, while the tax cuts look very promising, the SUP csnnot support the privatization of health care and the defence industry. We feel that these are areas that should be governed with the people in mind rather than profits. |
| Date | 04:32:02, November 06, 2015 CET | From | Chauvinistisk Parti för Telamons (CPT) | To | Debating the Industrial Privatization Act |
| Message | The cut on military spending is simply too large! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 19 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 173 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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