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Bill: State Aid and Welfare Provision Act - 4492
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill asks for an amendement to the Constitution. It will require two-thirds of the legislature to vote in favor. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 4492
Description[?]:
| Proposals aimed at establishing a larger state. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Proposed: The state owns all defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: Local governments decide the funding policy of sports clubs.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 5
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: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 6
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 acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The maximum proposal quota a party can accumulate.
Old value:: 12
Current: 30
Proposed: 13
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:45:52, November 26, 2018 CET | From | Sutton Nationalist Party | Labour Party | To | Debating the State Aid and Welfare Provision Act - 4492 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, HM Loyal Opposition will not support this bill, though we expect our coalition partners in the USPH will. We hope that the Prime Minister will consider opposing this bill and in so doing will be part of bipartisan effort to stop the decline of private enterprise in this country. Andrew Macalester MP and MC for Sutton Leader of the Loyal Opposition |
| Date | 21:52:06, November 26, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the State Aid and Welfare Provision Act - 4492 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, While our coalition agrees on most issues, this is one where we do not. We strongly oppose this bill. Rt. Hon. Steve Taylor MP for Glentingham East Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Hutori |
| Date | 00:48:30, November 28, 2018 CET | From | Ultrackian Communist Party | To | Debating the State Aid and Welfare Provision Act - 4492 |
| Message | Mr. speaker Although we support Nationalisation we only do so under an extremely democratic state, this bill would remove that democratic state, so we must oppose. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 42 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." - Niccolo Machiavelli |