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Bill: Government & Industry
Details
Submitted by[?]: Malivia Democratic 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: March 2198
Description[?]:
| Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:08:18, March 08, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | We disagree... |
| Date | 23:30:05, March 08, 2006 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | And how will we handle issues where a powerplant is mismanaged and we can no longer provide our citizens with sufficient power? Would it not be better to take over the company for a short time until another investor wishes to fill the gap of service? |
| Date | 01:00:52, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | If a power plant is mismanaged it wouldn't go offline unless a huge accident occured which can occur even at ones that aren't mismanaged. Not to mention we produce suffient power to our nation. If one station goes down the others can send their extra power to the problem area. Current Policy: Government policy on energy generation. Currently: Private and public powerstations exist side-by-side. |
| Date | 03:56:37, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | the power plant was an example, others can be found, such as agriculture, steel, internet infrastructure, logging however... a power plant can be managed to provide greatly reduced output. to drive up prices for example. correct, we have private plants as well as public, if a group of private plants are run poorly they could cause a large drop in our total supply. If mismanagement occurs and causes brownouts across the nation we would not be able to construct new plants to replace the loss of power. Or the company could go bankrupt leaving a gap in our supply and plants sitting idle until another company takes its place, either through taking over the others or building new plants. |
| Date | 11:07:24, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | As I said wouldn't matter as we produce plenty of energy if one goes offline the others can make up for it. |
| Date | 12:09:27, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Free Progress Alliance | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | No. Too inflexible. |
| Date | 14:54:59, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | we where talking several plants at once. |
| Date | 17:08:07, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Malivianese Militarist Party | To | Debating the Government & Industry |
| Message | We agree with the Protectorates. The law you site refers to substations, not power plants. Substations just relay electricity from the plant to the consumer. Power plants are what produces electricity. We are also against this proposal as foreign investors should not own our industries lest they benefit their home nation and not the Federation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 87 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 187 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 27 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not approve a Cultural Protocol request within the first 48 hours of it being requested. This is in order to give other players a chance to query the proposed changes, if they wish to do so. Moderation may be approached for advice on a proposed change, but any advice proffered should always be understood under the provisio that no final decision will be made until at least 48 hours after the request has been formally submitted for approval. |
| Random quote: "The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." - Winston Churchill |