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Bill: Modern Infrastructure Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Conservative Party
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: April 4395
Description[?]:
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: All power stations are publicly owned.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Current: Fire prevention and management is left to the local governments.
Proposed: The government competitively subcontracts firefighting services.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy in respect to highways.
Old value:: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Current: There is a national highway system constructed and maintained by the national government, and local systems by local governments.
Proposed: All highway projects are undertaken by contracted firms.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Current: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Proposed: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:44:32, May 17, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Modern Infrastructure Bill |
| Message | This is a forward thinking bill which will allow Beluzia to unpin the taxpayers from a lot of governmental expenditure. We commend the FPBB for their action on this issue. Liberty had hoped our friends the Kaminskiists, who have proven themselves previously to be less fanatically leftist, would see the long term benefit of this bill. |
| Date | 16:06:35, May 17, 2018 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Modern Infrastructure Bill |
| Message | We understand the Liberty Party's concern, but our party does not believe that privatising the crucial public services of energy, post offices, train operating companies is a good way forward. We would have supported it if Article 1 was the only proposal on the bill. I look forward to working with the FPBB and the Liberty Party in the future to come up with common sense bipartisan legislation to create jobs, develop our economy, and to increase wages for the working class and middle class. We're sorry, but we cannot commit to supporting a bill that will give the rich a say in our economy, which will drive up prices and make them unaffordable, but we hope to work with both parties on a comprehensive infrastructure and jobs plan sometime in the future |
| Date | 17:09:51, May 17, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Modern Infrastructure Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it is very good to see our friends the KWRF open to future ideas and we look forward to their input in the future. However Liberty are also very interested to know why parties such as the KWRF insist on demonising "the rich" as they do. Firstly this term is ill-defined and is used as a pejorative to maintain needless class warfare. Secondly we believe that collectivist parties haven't considered that anyone who is considered "the rich" is best placed to begin profitable enterprises and employ people thus having positive consequences for families across Beluzia. In addition "The rich" in Beluzia, if defined above 55,000 income, currently pay a staggering 45% tax rate, 35% if you consider 50,000 to be the bench mark. This is money that is being taken by the government for often unnecessary spending instead of being spent on improving the Beluzian economy. Mr Speaker, Liberty will seek to address this tax inequity at the very soon. We hope the KWRF reconsiders and help put the Beluzian economy back on track. |
| Date | 17:15:23, May 17, 2018 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Modern Infrastructure Bill |
| Message | We will be happy to see what our friends at Liberty have in mind for their taxation plan, but we do not want drastic cuts which will cut spending at the same time. We believe in demand-side economics, that by spending more on necessary and useful services rather than on useless ones, the Beluzian economy will be put back on track after years of failed rule under the Business and Development Party, the Freedom Party and the Beluzian Coalition of Regions |
| Date | 17:46:23, May 17, 2018 CET | From | United Front of Beluzia | To | Debating the Modern Infrastructure Bill |
| Message | Again here, we stand with the same view as the KWRF. Crucial services such as those named should never been privatised. We again agree with Article 1 and feel like if this legislation is to not be passed, this should be brought up into a separate bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 363 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 205 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 182 |
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