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Bill: Il nostro paese deve essere riparato - II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social Calvinist Unionist 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 2194
Description[?]:
| Private companies and individual regions have too much control over our glorious fatherland. Only the central state knows how to rule the people, not the rich CEO's or scheming regional leaders. Yes, this is another putting up of our old bills up for voting. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The policy regarding eminent domain is left to local governments.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Article 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Each region owns and maintains its own 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 4
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Current: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:57:47, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato - II |
| Message | We could stomach everything except for a national fire department. That just makes no sense. |
| Date | 15:09:36, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato - II |
| Message | It makes perfect sense. The national fire department makes sure that the entire country is on the same level when it comes to fire protection. That way, we don't have really, really bad fire departments in poor cities while we have awesomely awesome fire-departments in rich ones. With the burden spread equally, everyone gets a good fire-department. |
| Date | 17:20:13, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Il nostro paese deve essere riparato - II |
| Message | If they tried to amalgamate all the fire brigades in my country there'd be uproar. There's an entrenched belief that local accountability mean better local services, thus we have mostly county based brigades, with some mergers in the smaller counties and the larger ones split up even further to sub-county level. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 203 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 327 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 220 |
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