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Bill: Infrastructure Reform Act
Details
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: July 4007
Description[?]:
| To rebuild our crumbling infrastructure against decades of austerity within public investment and development. To begin with, the Reform! Rutania movement urges the introduction of a new budget that would appropriate 2 Trillion RUT to infrastructure, which would mean a 20% increase in infrastructure, of which will result in a 1 Trillion RUT defecit, easily fundable by a 10% hike in luxury goods tax. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on airports.
Old value:: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Current: The government has some involvement in the ownership and operation of airports, but leaves a role for the private sector too.
Proposed: The government owns and operates all airports.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy in respect to highways.
Old value:: This is left to local governments.
Current: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Proposed: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is partially subsidised with the remainder "user-pays".
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Public works initiatives
Old value:: Public works projects are left to local governments.
Current: The government funds a program to build public works.
Proposed: The government funds a program to build public works.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:29:54, March 31, 2016 CET | From | Great Rutania party | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act |
| Message | Mr speaker, if this passes we can say goodbye to the economy. We agree with the budget change but not the proposals in the bill. Jobs will be lost, companies closed, meaning a rise in unemployment and we will be faced with huge budget cuts if these company's are shut. |
| Date | 15:17:07, April 01, 2016 CET | From | Alliance | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Please let me debunk this myth that improving infrastructure will cause unemployment. Yes, infrastructure companies in three odd sectors will have to be closed or downsized because they are of national strategic importance, yet these companies will only be taken over by the government, of which will resume or even expand services. Other industries may even see an expansion of services and the improvement of the quality of service as a new competitor is introduced to the market. The economy will only grow under more fervent competition and better infrastructure, not the other way around. Ed Stewart MP (Khodor) |
| Date | 01:29:22, April 02, 2016 CET | From | Great Rutania party | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act |
| Message | Mr speaker, COMPETITION? A nationalised Rutania , even partially will crush any competition! This means small independent businesses get pushed out of the picture. Please, please, please vote against this bill. I may sound repetitive however, there are many other reasons why this bill can't pass. You do not need to be clever to notice the dangers of this bill economically, enviromentally and morally. Douglas Hugens MP |
| Date | 05:53:51, April 02, 2016 CET | From | Alliance | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Yes. Competition. If the GRP believes that the government will be able to squeeze away the already present private infrastructure firms, we believe that would be the reason the GRP should vote for this bill. Being able to squeeze out competition means having a higher quality, more reliable and cheaper infrastructure. This will only be good for Rutania. Ed Stewart MP (Khodor) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 193 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 233 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 74 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality." - Che Guevara |