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Bill: Nationalization of Key Industries Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Willemburgist Party of Solentia (WPS)
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: August 4325
Description[?]:
| With this bill, we aim to re-nationalise the industries which were privatised under the legislation of the FNB and re-institute protections against capitalist exploitation. It is important to note that the economic structure of Solentia is not the same as that in many other nations. All businesses and industries are run and administered by the Democratic Workers' Councils. The workers themselves as well as their communities possess direct democratic authority over ownership and production. The democratic nature of these councils ensures that companies are beholden to both their workers and to the general public and facilitates the presentation and sharing of innovative ideas. Nationalizing them would ensure that they are being held to universal standards of quality and safety and unite the presently disparate systems of the Councils and the national government to ensure adequate national representation of the public's interests. Nationalization will not prohibit innovation or adaptation but rather, when combined with the present structure, aid it and allow innovation to spread to the national level while maintaining and enforcing necessary production quotas (as dictated by the people and their professed needs) and quality levels. Additionally, nationalization will help to improve national coordination of localised businesses should it be necessary. They are already sufficiently localised such that they may provide the necessary products and resources to their communities at the behest of their constituents. Nationalization would help facilitate the spread of such products and resources nationwide and allow the state to better monitor and manage the national economy should such management be necessary. This is especially important to the industries addressed by this bill, as they are critical not only to local communities but to the whole nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Article 5
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 6
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single privately owned national TOC.
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 | 18:44:06, December 28, 2017 CET | From |  Solentian Secular Realist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization of Key Industries Act |
| Message | I'd like to hear more information on the position of Nationalization of industries such as these. The issue is admittedly not my strong point, though I have an education in private business. It's my understanding that privatized industries promote competition, innovation, serve to increase the GDP and collected corporate tax amounts, and generally can be run more efficiently than our government could run them. I'm open to any education on the subject. |
| Date | 21:14:36, December 28, 2017 CET | From | Willemburgist Party of Solentia (WPS) | To | Debating the Nationalization of Key Industries Act |
| Message | To the SSRP: It is important to note that the economic structure of Solentia is not the same as that in many other nations. All businesses and industries are run and administered by the Democratic Workers' Councils. The workers themselves as well as their communities possess direct democratic authority over ownership and production. The democratic nature of these councils ensures that companies are beholden to both their workers and to the general public and facilitates the presentation and sharing of innovative ideas. Nationalizing them would ensure that they are being held to universal standards of quality and safety and unite the presently disparate systems of the Councils and the national government to ensure adequate national representation of the public's interests. Nationalization will not prohibit innovation or adaptation but rather, when combined with the present structure, aid it and allow innovation to spread to the national level while maintaining and enforcing necessary production quotas (as dictated by the people and their professed needs) and quality levels. Additionally, nationalization will help to improve national coordination of localised businesses should it be necessary. They are already sufficiently localised such that they may provide the necessary products and resources to their communities at the behest of their constituents. Nationalization would help facilitate the spread of such products and resources nationwide and allow the state to better monitor and manage the national economy should such management be necessary. This is especially important to the industries addressed by this bill, as they are critical not only to local communities but to the whole nation. We will add these details to the bill description in order to clear up any possible confusion on the part of other parties. |
| Date | 22:30:21, December 28, 2017 CET | From | Solentian Secular Realist Party | To | Debating the Nationalization of Key Industries Act |
| Message | My thanks to the WPS for the education. Democratic Workers' Councils are clearly the lens I was missing to view these issues through. After some quick cursory research, it is seeming to make sense to me now. It would also be the explanation as to why we do not have a public stock exchange. I commit myself to further research, and I assume these systems have a long history for the benefit of Solentia. Economies are fragile. At this time I would not want to oppose what is known to work well for the sake of ideology without a deeper understanding than I'll be able to obtain within this legislative term. |
| Date | 00:36:59, December 29, 2017 CET | From | Willemburgist Party of Solentia (WPS) | To | Debating the Nationalization of Key Industries Act |
| Message | Your understanding and cooperation are appreciated. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 385 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 365 |
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