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Bill: Market Regulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Voter Apathy 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: December 2198
Description[?]:
| It's time to promote capitalism in this country. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Current: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:12:24, March 09, 2006 CET | From |  Social Democratic Centrists | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | Dream on |
| Date | 15:40:46, March 09, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | This isn't dreaming, it's called getting real. |
| Date | 05:29:43, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | I support Article 1, but as for the rest, you should look at the former nation the Republic of Kallifornia's recent history with regards to private energy companies. These laws would hurt our people more than anything. |
| Date | 12:11:24, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Centrists | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | "This isn't dreaming, it's called getting real." I'd say it is called giving freedom to the few, and making sure the majority live in poverty and inhumanity. The unrestricted market is the largest threat to humanism and equality today, and kills millions of people every year. It's not getting real, it is the exact opposite; It's dreaming a dream of freedom, and closing your eyes to the fact that for every free person you get from unrestricted capitalism, hundreds live as slaves, in a frightening oligarky. So, dream on. But we will never support this. |
| Date | 18:54:59, March 10, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | Poverty and inhumanity?? The unrestricted market is the best thing we could do for this country. If companies charge too much, their profits go down and they lose customers. A free market = slaves??? That's the most ridiculus thing that's EVER been said in any discussion I've read. So allowing a company free will to charge what they want will lead to slaves? Haha, I need to hear this argument. |
| Date | 03:46:02, March 11, 2006 CET | From | Christian Left Party | To | Debating the Market Regulation |
| Message | suckling the corporate teet is not my bag. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 285 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 465 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |