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Bill: P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Partito Comunista - F.P.
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: May 4450
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, Capitalism is a failed economic and social system which is teetering on the brink of disaster. It can offer us nothing but insecurity, inequality, injustice and poverty. Now is time to move towards a more enlightened arrangement of society, known as communism. Long live the Revolution! Ludovico Pontecorvo Chairman of the Partito Comunista |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Current: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Proposed: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is private, but is paid for by the state for people with low incomes.
Current: Health care is entirely private.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 7
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: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on inheritance
Old value:: There are no regulated inheritance laws, inheritance is only regulated by the will of deceased.
Current: There are no regulated inheritance laws, inheritance is only regulated by the will of deceased.
Proposed: The government inherits everything, private inheritance is outlawed.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The education system.
Old value:: There is a free public education system alongside private schools.
Current: Education is entirely private and schools run on a for-profit basis.
Proposed: Education is entirely public and free; private schools are banned.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:14:28, September 04, 2018 CET | From | Partito Comunista - F.P. | To | Debating the P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act |
| Message | OOC: Oops, made a mistake with the article about the banks! :) |
| Date | 23:50:25, September 04, 2018 CET | From | Partito del Socialismo Istaliano - F.P. | To | Debating the P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act |
| Message | Most of these proposals have our support, even if some don't respect neither communism and neither socialism; for example the article where the state inherits every thing... Not even in the Union of Socialist Soviet Union of Terra there was such an extreme measure! Anyway, we vote yes. |
| Date | 10:26:04, September 05, 2018 CET | From | Nuova Unione | To | Debating the P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act |
| Message | Francesca Vespa-Baldassare, ULD We would invite courts to investigate this bill, a it is very likely that it is inhumane, and very possibly is against humanity rights, such as the right to inheritance. Also, to those that created this bill; you are the most naive people that I've seen. This bill may be seen a betrayal of state, as Istalia would collapse if it were to pass. |
| Date | 23:35:26, September 05, 2018 CET | From | Partito Comunista - F.P. | To | Debating the P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Francesca Vespa-Baldassare is confused, because her conception of human rights is drawn from the capitalist ideology she subscribes to and is brainwashed with. True human freedom only comes through communism. Ludovico Pontecorvo Chairman of the Partito Comunista |
| Date | 15:32:55, September 06, 2018 CET | From | Nuova Unione | To | Debating the P.d.I. 01/4449 Repeal of Capitalism Act |
| Message | Francesca Vespa-Baldassare I'm sorry, but I don't think that a communist should lecture me about mental health or freedom. Then again, communists should know what freedom is, as they could simply reverse their values, and they would come out with, well, the opposite of what they believe in, so they'd come out with freedom, individualism and equality. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 89 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 362 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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