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Bill: Il nostro paese deve essere riparato.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Calvinist Unionist Party
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: February 2178
Description[?]:
| Private companies and individual regions have too much control over our glorious fatherland. Only the central state knows how to rule the people, not the rich CEO's or scheming regional leaders.. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The policy regarding eminent domain is left to local governments.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
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: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 5
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: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide 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 6
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state contracts with private companies to provide public housing.
Current: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:07:35, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | Long live the state. |
| Date | 09:41:48, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | We won't stand for this communism! |
| Date | 15:09:36, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | Socialism, not communism. |
| Date | 19:16:35, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | It's fascism. The state must control every vital industry, so that we can better defend the glorious fatherland. |
| Date | 22:03:53, January 29, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | A national fire department? My God, that alone would be a nightmare. |
| Date | 03:24:37, January 30, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato. |
| Message | Once regional legislatures are introduced, I will help decentralise certain governmental responsiblities. Until then, I'd rather keep a stronger national legislature. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 249 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 398 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 103 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson |