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Bill: Free Television
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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: August 2194
Description[?]:
| For freer television content. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All TV stations are owned by independent non-profit-making cooperatives which are subsidised by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:11:41, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Beach Party | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | Freer for who? You do know people have to pay taxes to the government for the goverment to subsidise? |
| Date | 13:29:37, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Socialist Party (RDL) | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | Support, this makes our media free from both the profit motive and state control. |
| Date | 19:22:11, March 02, 2006 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | This so called "profit motive" encourages people to create quality programming, one that isn't crap and boring. |
| Date | 00:34:02, March 03, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | Quality! All I see on TV is crap, and it most certainly is the fault of the corporations. This way we have real TV, free from the state and economic concerns. Also means an end to commercials. |
| Date | 04:39:55, March 03, 2006 CET | From | Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | Then you watch way too much TV. |
| Date | 00:52:56, March 04, 2006 CET | From | Lutte Féministe de Libération | To | Debating the Free Television |
| Message | I actually watch very little. How do you suppose I watch to much? That's a non sequitur, my friend. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 409 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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