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Bill: Left Wing Baltusia Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia
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: January 4239
Description[?]:
| Members of Congress, Now that the congress of Baltusia is almost entirely composed of left leaning parties we must seize this opportunity to create the sort of Baltusia we almost all want. Jenessa Hawkins Leader of the Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the entire course of the pregnancy.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on airports.
Old value:: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Current: The government leaves airports entirely to the private sector.
Proposed: The government has some involvement in the ownership and operation of airports, but leaves a role for the private sector too.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 17
Current: 0
Proposed: 25
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.
Current: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Current: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Current: The government subsidises the cost of pharmaceutical drugs for people on low incomes.
Proposed: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:17:17, July 08, 2017 CET | From | Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Left Wing Baltusia Bill |
| Message | Members of Congress, Please be aware that in some aspects of this we have not gone as extreme as we would ideally want however this is merely a start to transition to a better Baltusia. Jenessa Hawkins Leader of the Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia |
| Date | 21:46:11, July 08, 2017 CET | From | Baltusian Democratic Green Party (BDGP) | To | Debating the Left Wing Baltusia Bill |
| Message | Members of Congress, If there is one thing that really stands out in this bill it is the disgustingly dramatic rise in corporation tax. Baltusia is running a $2.5 billion surplus; we have frankly no need for this enormous rise in tax. To be concerned about the antics of big business is understandable, and is needed in any healthy society. However, that issue can be almost entirely resolved through regulation and negotiations, so this plan won't be effective in practice. Rather, those hardest hit by this will be the small business owners - people who are just simple citizens, not multi-billionaires. Baltusia's economy is underpinned by these so-called 'corporations', and this action will undoubtedly cause many of these to close, meaning a recession could be a likely possibility (OOC: RP?). The Left Bloc government has appeared to start this term by choosing to harm the average Joe, so I implore all parties in government to re-think this decision. BDGP Chairwoman Miriam Heston |
| Date | 23:35:16, July 08, 2017 CET | From | Secularist, Socialist Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Left Wing Baltusia Bill |
| Message | OOC: Do not accept recession RP as corporate tax has been higher in past and all was fine |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 347 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 253 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In Culturally Protected nations, special care must be taken to ensure realism is maintained when role-playing a government controlled by an ethnic and/or religious minority. If it is to be supposed that this government is supported by a majority of the population, then this should be plausibly and sufficiently role-played. The burden of proof is on the player or players role-playing such a regime to demonstrate that it is being done realistically |
| Random quote: "If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes |