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Bill: Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial Hobrazian Front
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: April 2173
Description[?]:
| SINCE the private sector can not fully know what is needed for the Hobrazian military as well as the government would, we propose to have a nationalized defense company (the Hobrazian National Arms Authority) that coexists and cooperates with the private sector. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:08:51, January 17, 2006 CET | From |  United Blobs | To | Debating the Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority |
| Message | "SINCE the private sector can not fully know what is needed for the Hobrazian military as well as the government would" - Know about the idea of contracts? We offer the company that prodces a good to our specifications a contract to supply us with it. Companies can then research and develop the good in the knowledge that there will be a guarenteed market for it. |
| Date | 18:26:53, January 17, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority |
| Message | "Know about the idea of contracts?"- Don't insult my intelligence. The Hobrazian Arms Authority will still utilize contracts. |
| Date | 18:29:33, January 17, 2006 CET | From | United Blobs | To | Debating the Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority |
| Message | So why the need for publically owned industry if the government can already direct companies to produce the arms it needs? |
| Date | 18:37:29, January 17, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority |
| Message | Specialization. The government could be a primary manufacturer of, say, automatic arms whilst the private sector focuses more on innovation. Just one of many possible scenarios. Also, having a small government defense industry allows for our military to play a more direct role in production of arms, allowing for more tailored weapons. |
| Date | 19:27:50, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Deltarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Reintroduction of the Hobrazian Arms Authority |
| Message | I agree with the tailored weapons point, i do think it would be in the best intrests of the army if the government played a role in production, it would also lead to the development of weapons and techniques that possibly no other nation would yet know. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 163 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 196 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 41 |
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