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Bill: Pharmaceuticals Pricing Act 2191
Details
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 2191
Description[?]:
| A 43.24% majority of the people of Dranland agree with the Theta party, in that government should neither subsidize research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The research and development of pharmaceutical drugs.
Old value:: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Current: The government subsidizes research and development of prescription drugs and regulates their prices.
Proposed: The government neither subsidizes research and development of drugs nor regulates their prices.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:04:19, February 25, 2006 CET | From | National Progressive Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Act 2191 |
| Message | A shameful act designed to hurt the poor |
| Date | 15:35:10, February 25, 2006 CET | From | Bloc Socialiste | To | Debating the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Act 2191 |
| Message | This is harmful to the welfare state that we have worked so hard to create. We must oppose this liberal elitism. |
| Date | 00:53:41, February 26, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Darwinist Party | To | Debating the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Act 2191 |
| Message | 43.24% is a majority??? |
| Date | 01:03:59, February 26, 2006 CET | From | New Theta | To | Debating the Pharmaceuticals Pricing Act 2191 |
| Message | Yes. Do you not read the paper? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 335 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 349 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 66 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it." - John Sherman |