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Bill: Public Postal Service Act of July 2198
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat Revolution 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: June 2199
Description[?]:
| The exchange of information through mail remain a vital element of our economic and social infrastructure. It is a tool by which the public can corrospond, but, this means of communication is being held hostage by the private sector. There is more potential for corruption and the violation of private information, as the system currently doesn't hold the private sector accountable. The public one, because it deals directly with the public and the government, it is held in a greater light and it is more heavily regulated to ensure that our citizens can corrospond through traditional mail without worrying of private sector corruption. Accountability is evident at the public level and it is this accountability that makes it a more trusted means. The private sector has been for too long, able to operate without ethic. It is time to either rid ourselves of this service, as the public sector competantly fulfills the duties, or make the private sector accountable on the same level as the public sector. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:03:44, March 12, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Public Postal Service Act of July 2198 |
| Message | Good policy. AM AAP thoroughly approves. |
| Date | 15:05:18, March 13, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Public Postal Service Act of July 2198 |
| Message | We see no need for additional regulations - if people wish to use a regulated service the nationalised post office exists. |
| Date | 21:30:14, March 13, 2006 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Public Postal Service Act of July 2198 |
| Message | The AM AAP wonders WHY we need an 'unregulated' postal servicce, at all... what advantage is gained by the consumer, in opening up part of the market that has no controls? |
| Date | 21:59:30, March 13, 2006 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Public Postal Service Act of July 2198 |
| Message | One possible reason is that an unregulated service can operate at a lower cost, due to not having to comply with lots of bureaucratic regulations. For those who would rather let cost drive their decisions, this is a good alternative. For those who feel that a regulated system is somehow superior, the public system exists and should be allowed to remain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 226 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 87 |
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