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Bill: Anti-Monopolies Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvische Kommunistische Partei
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: February 4296
Description[?]:
| Corporations which carve out monopoly positions in their markets are able to exploit their workers, customers and suppliers, more or less with impunity. Surely this cannot be permitted to continue. The law needs to be changed. Anton Weinreich General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |
Proposals
Article 1
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:35:41, October 31, 2017 CET | From |  Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | What is a monopoly? Is it a single company being twice as big as any competitors, having over 50% of the market share, having over 33% of the market share? May we remind you, that you do not get a monopoly by exploiting your stakeholders, that's how you go bankrupt. Helene Eisenstein Minister of Science and Technology |
| Date | 16:36:31, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | You think the Communists can understand economics Eisenstein? Hans Gluck Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Leader OOC: Eisenstein. Wow. |
| Date | 17:02:46, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | OOC: Ikr. |
| Date | 19:02:21, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | We all know there are some companies which are so big, and have such a strong market position, that they can jack up their prices and exploit their workers, with little consequence to themselves. Previous governments limited this with anti-monopoly rules, but THIS government - the Sally Gretchen government - has allowed big business to get away with whatever it wants. Anton Weinreich General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |
| Date | 19:14:19, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | If a business jacks up prices, people will go to a cheaper alternative, no matter the size. Helene Eisenstein Minister of Science and Technology |
| Date | 19:52:39, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | If Helene Eisenstein had a greater understanding of economics, she would appreciate that when companies acquire monopoly market power, their consumers do not have much in the way of alternatives to go to. Anton Weinreich General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |
| Date | 19:59:16, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | If Weinreich took the time to think about finance and not just despise it, he'd know that gaps in the market get filled. If a company with a monopoly takes advantage of their monopoly in a way that angers the consumer, there will be a budding, young entrepreneur who provides the product cheaper. That's the beauty of it. Helene Eisenstein Minister of Science and Technology |
| Date | 20:08:53, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | The Communists won’t like that, Helene. They don’t like the Dorvik people being free. Because Anton always knows what’s best. Hans Gluck Minister for Defence NP Leader |
| Date | 20:09:49, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Grüne Demokratische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | I mean, he has a library of objectively correct Karl Metz books, so... Helene Eisenstein Minister of Science and Technology |
| Date | 21:49:21, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | The Minister of Science and Technology could learn much from Karlstein Metz's books. She is welcome to borrow them from my library at any time she chooses. However, it is not necessary to read Karlstein Metz in order to understand the enormity of the power that is wielded by the big corporations, and also how that power is abused. That is a reality which our citizens have to live with every day. Anton Weinreich General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |
| Date | 22:13:32, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | Won by one seat, by a party who won that won seat with less votes. Anna Strauss Acting Foreign Minister Minister for Food and Agriculture NP Leader |
| Date | 22:18:24, October 31, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | It was 1 more vote than what you got, Frau Strauss, and that is what matters here. Anton Weinreich General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |
| Date | 14:00:20, November 01, 2017 CET | From | Dorvische Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies Act |
| Message | Yes. With a couple hundred thousand less votes. If the system was perfect, this wouldn't pass. It's... kind of depressing. Regardless, we rest. Anna Strauss Acting Foreign Minister Minister for Food and Agriculture NP Leader |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 300 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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