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Bill: State Subsidies Reduction Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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 2187
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:49:57, February 17, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the State Subsidies Reduction Act |
| Message | Why? |
| Date | 18:11:15, February 17, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the State Subsidies Reduction Act |
| Message | state subsidies distort the market and reward inefficiency - their removal aids competition |
| Date | 08:36:42, February 18, 2006 CET | From | Telamon Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the State Subsidies Reduction Act |
| Message | And you would be willing to let our citizens without _vital_ goods and services in the hope that the market eventually corrects the thing? As for rewarding inefficiency: The market is very good at creating efficiency, but it has to be given right legislative framework and right incentives to create efficiency that creates widespread wellbeing. Efficiency and inefficiency are relative concepts that refer to ability to achieve the goals that are set and depend on what the goals are. Economically very efficient decisions may actually be negative to the overall wellbeing of society as they can have many negative externalities. As markets are amoral, the state is responsible for making the framework of the market such that it encourages companies to make decisions that benefit the nation as a whole (negative externalities have a price, positive externalities are rewarded etc.). |
| Date | 11:08:21, February 18, 2006 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the State Subsidies Reduction Act |
| Message | So far as I am aware, the state already has some control over what I would consider viital goods and services - i.e. health and energy etc. and therefore these would not be largely effected by this bill. As for the right legislative framwork, I entirely agree with you that this must be the case and so government must provide some oversight and a regulatory framework in which business operates, but subsidies do not help this. Subsidies for agriculture - look at Europe and the EU's CAP, particularly in its first decades - mountains of food etc. which was of no use to anyone simply rotting because farmers had been paid to produce too much in too many places As for DWCs they sound communist and unnecessary to me. We should not stop businesses being run this way, but why do we need a policy on it and why should we give tqx exemptions. there is nothing wrong with the more traditional ways of running businesses, provided that employers are encouraged to work with, consult and look after their employees to the best of their ability. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 235 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 41 |
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