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Bill: Post Office Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partiya Rizgarî ya Bamenistan
Status[?]: passed
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: March 2183
Description[?]:
| Privatization means better service at a better price. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:17:57, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Modern Intellectual Party | To | Debating the Post Office Bill |
| Message | Privatization means putting the public behind profits. |
| Date | 12:57:43, February 07, 2006 CET | From | Bastiat Party | To | Debating the Post Office Bill |
| Message | Bastiat party member Ludwig Von Mises again responds to negative comments regarding profit as follows: "It is precisely the necessity of making profits and avoiding losses that gives to the consumers a firm hold over the entrepreneurs and forces them to comply with the wishes of the people." |
| Date | 19:11:20, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Modern Intellectual Party | To | Debating the Post Office Bill |
| Message | The MIP disagrees, a privatized post service is only interested in making money and yes this can mean proving a better service but not necessarily, they will cut corners to make money, this will operate out of greed and not duty. |
| Date | 19:28:38, February 08, 2006 CET | From | Bastiat Party | To | Debating the Post Office Bill |
| Message | Duty? of course, you want the Post Office run like the Army. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 80 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 39 |
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