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Bill: Lex Pro Mercatus
Details
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 4472
Description[?]:
The Republic of Selucia's industrial regulations are among the most stifling and restrictive in the world. It is important that any government strikes a fair balance between supporting industry, which in turn supports millions of people, their livelihoods and their families, and between concern for the environment - the kind of world which our grandchildren and great-grandchildren shall inherit from us. Thus far, we have not managed to strike such a balance. We propose radical and extensive reform to pollution controls: guidelines shall be issued concerning environmentally friendly commercial practices, but these guidelines shall be in no way legally binding. Undoubtedly, billions in tax revenue and in GDP have been lost over many years as a result of the existing policy which seeks only to smother industry, and which has subsequently severely stunted economic growth. We must place our faith in the free market: the free market, and the free market alone, shall almost always seek solutions to our most pressing issues, including that of global warming. Caeso Fulcinius Furius Minister for Environment and Tourism |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 01:51:50, October 19, 2018 CET | From | Partis Communis Seluciae | To | Debating the Lex Pro Mercatus |
Message | Senators, Pollution is and always has been a serious concern, that is why our environmental standards are so strict. The senators from the Optimates whether indirectly or directly are supporting policies that have led to and will lead to the destruction of Seluciae's natural beauty, stifling our tourism and potentially devastating our agriculture. While that is indeed the worst case scenario, it exactly because of the worst case that our regulations are they way they are. Sextus Oceanus Pars Laborem Candidate for Environment and Tourism |
Date | 12:23:20, October 19, 2018 CET | From | Factio Republicana Socialistica | To | Debating the Lex Pro Mercatus |
Message | Senators, Current legislation aims to prevent the emergence of negative externalities, most specifically pollution caused by vehicles and industrial activity. These negative externalities are not suffered by the firms and individuals causing them, but are instead paid by unrelated third parties. Although current controls do indeed lead to a decline in economic activity, they also ensure that those that pollute pay for their own pollution, in the interest of the common good. As for vehicles, we have long advocated a complete shift away from our car-dependent economy, by dismantling highways, limiting the amount of private vehicles that can be owned, and implementing free public transport. Eventually our goal is a completely car-free Selucia, and Gods willing we will have it. Cyprianus Tiburtius Numitor Caesar |
Date | 12:43:48, October 19, 2018 CET | From | Factio Unitatis Patriae | To | Debating the Lex Pro Mercatus |
Message | Senators, I must remind the Minister that our nation is a signatory to the Sharma Climate Accords Treaty (http://classic.particracy.net/viewtreaty.php?treatyid=4175) and that we recognise the vital importance of tackling climate change and have pledged to take every effort to maintain the integrity of Terra's ecosystems. Therefore, can the Minister explain how Article 1 of this bill, which will implement the dismantling of industrial pollution regulation, will in any way help us to fulfil that pledge? I am a strong advocate of economic growth for Selucia but believe this has to be achieved within a regulated framework and that the government's responsibilities should not be reduced to offering non-legally binding guidelines. Quintus Viridius Fabianus Senator |
Date | 18:10:32, October 19, 2018 CET | From | Optimates | To | Debating the Lex Pro Mercatus |
Message | Senators, In response to Mr Fabianus' query, I would like to direct him to the terms stipulated by the Sharba Climate Accords. Article 1 of this bill is in no way whatsoever in breach of the treaty, and in every respect conforms to the terms of the treaty. In response to climate change, the free market - when free of arbitrary regulations - will always find innovative and effective solutions to the problems posed by climate change. It is possible to both encourage economic growth and encourage the continued protection of the environment at the same time. They are not mutually exclusive ambitions, and we should not treat them as such. Caeso Fulcinius Furius Minister for Environment and Tourism |
Date | 18:16:32, October 19, 2018 CET | From | Partis Communis Seluciae | To | Debating the Lex Pro Mercatus |
Message | Senators, We ask politely that Mr Furius explains how exactly corporations whose sole interests lie in gaining profit by lower expenses are ever compatible with the environment. Is it not the case that despite evidence regarding the dangers of pollution that Seluciaen corporations continued to use fossil fuels as the cheaper solution until environmental legislation was first implemented? The free market only does what is cheap, as that is all that is beneficial to those seeking profit. Sextus Oceanus Pars Laborem candidate for Enviroment and Tourism |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 105 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 645 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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