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Bill: The Public Transportation Act of 2186
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Mordusian Green 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 2188
Description[?]:
| Hyman Datte, the new Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, recently renewed the Demarchist position on public transportation to the Federal Assembly. He suggested that public transportation systems that rely solely on user feel are commonly underfunded and, therefore, inefficient. He further suggested to the Assembly that the only way to make the nation's public transportation systems solvent is to institute a subsidy for those programs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is partially subsidised with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is partially subsidised with the remainder "user-pays".
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:59:47, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the The Public Transportation Act of 2186 |
| Message | We do not see what is wrong with the current. What IS wrong with paying for your own transport? |
| Date | 09:00:27, February 16, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Public Transportation Act of 2186 |
| Message | We believe public transportation should be cheap and easy to use, especially for those who have no other option. |
| Date | 09:27:37, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Agrarian Party of Mordusia | To | Debating the The Public Transportation Act of 2186 |
| Message | Bike, feet, step, ...? lol |
| Date | 19:15:50, February 16, 2006 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the The Public Transportation Act of 2186 |
| Message | We support but believe this should go futher. |
| Date | 03:24:21, February 17, 2006 CET | From | The Mordusian Green Party | To | Debating the The Public Transportation Act of 2186 |
| Message | Going further would probably alienate those who are undecided right now about the proposal. Baby steps. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 202 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 301 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 96 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: "Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us." - Henrik Tikkanen |