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Bill: Nationalising Energy Regulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Democrats
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: November 3966
Description[?]:
| We, the Working Libertarian Party hold the position that energy should be free and readily available for the public. If we continue to allow Mordusia's energy to be handled by private companies, we leave ourselves open to disaster. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:15:19, January 11, 2016 CET | From | Mordusian Traditionalist Party | To | Debating the Nationalising Energy Regulation |
| Message | We believe in small government, capitalism, and the free market. This proposal goes against these principals (and is the antithesis of Libertarianism , we will add) and thus we will vote "no" on this bill. We have established a minimum wage that is sufficient for even families of 4 (even with just one working parent), child benefit payments, and an unemployment safety net. We do not need to increase the size of government, cut out the private sector/free market, and provide free services when even the poorest of citizens have necessary funds to pay for these kinds of things. We would also contend that when a significant chunk of the populace are not paying income taxes at all, they should not be receiving the fruits of others' labor (i.e., the taxpayers) in the form of energy, etc when they themselves can afford to pay for private service. Also, the one tax rate we do have as a country is so low that no citizen should expect for something like energy to be nationalized/free. Having nationalized energy should only ever occur in a country with a tax rate of over 30%. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 75 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 204 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 111 |
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