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Bill: Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash
Details
Submitted by[?]: Meritocratic Progressive Union
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: December 2183
Description[?]:
| It is clear that the military will only engage when it is needed but is it still acceptable that entities that aim to make profit are given a powerfull tool as an armed and trained military? The military needs to be objective. And no company can ever be objective, as it aims to do what is most profitable. And in the "business" of war that is seldon in the best interest of the country. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:54:50, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | We wholeheartedly agree. |
| Date | 16:49:04, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | We can support this. |
| Date | 17:10:42, February 09, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | the introduction of independant defense contractors exist to encourage a greater range of ideas and approaches to our defense. Once all DIs are controlled by the government we are creating a closed system where new ideas cannot flourish and we would soon be hopelessly outclassed in our technologies and arms. |
| Date | 17:45:10, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | If those engineers, military experts and scientists are employed by our military then we would at least be sure on what their motives are and what they are doing. I doubt very much that our military will be less creative than some companies who's only goal it is to have war, since that is their reason of existance. |
| Date | 18:03:38, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Social Democrat League | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | This bill still allows sub-contracting. It will still be possible for companies to produce products not necessarily military products in their own right. This way creativity and competition is not endangered. |
| Date | 18:16:00, February 09, 2006 CET | From | Meritocratic Progressive Union | To | Debating the Let The Military Be Controled By The State, Not By Hard Cash |
| Message | Good idea by the SDP. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 132 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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