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Bill: Space Freedoms Act, March 2060
Details
Submitted by[?]: Left Communist 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: November 2060
Description[?]:
| In order to strengthen our economy, release a burden off the state and sever tethers between the government and our scientific progress, the EUP proposes that the state's control over space organizations is lessened. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Current: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:01:21, May 31, 2005 CET | From |  United Blobs | To | Debating the Space Freedoms Act, March 2060 |
| Message | Lovely U-turn by the CDH here but my answer remains no. |
| Date | 23:12:31, May 31, 2005 CET | From | Collectivist-Democrats of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Space Freedoms Act, March 2060 |
| Message | OOC: Actually, I am not quite sure why I voted 'yes' for the Revised Space Bill... Because that in itself wasn't what I supported before. I am officially now confused. (note to self: read bills before voting) |
| Date | 23:24:53, May 31, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Space Freedoms Act, March 2060 |
| Message | The privatization will not strenghten our economy and will mean a bigger burden on the state. Privatisations are classically known to lead to jobs losses, which means our market demands will diminish because less people wxith wages. (and thus bad for economy). Now the state has to build everything itself: otherwise it will have to pay companies that except for the costs of building it (and one private company is smaller thah one big state company so production costs will be even higher) also want profit, so privatisation is also going to make it less cheap for the state. |
| Date | 23:26:38, May 31, 2005 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Space Freedoms Act, March 2060 |
| Message | About lessening the ties between the gouvernement and scientific research: I have even less fate it research more closely tied to big buiseness (and will thus be limited for profit purposes) as this privatization would lead too. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 57 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 181 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 127 |
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