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Bill: Privatization and Deregulation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Christian Democratic Union
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: February 2206
Description[?]:
| An Act to free the Darnussian economy from restraints imposed upon it by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
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 private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: There are no food standards provisions.
Proposed: The government recommends food safety standards, but they are not enforced upon businesses.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning gated communities.
Old value:: No gated communities are allowed.
Current: The private sector can set up gated communities.
Proposed: The private sector can set up gated communities.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory public system combined with an optional private pension.
Current: The state does not operate a pension system. Individuals must save up for retirement on their own.
Proposed: There is a compulsory private pension system.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:31:49, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Social Democratic Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Privatization and Deregulation |
| Message | Article 1: Children should have their childhood to learn and play, and not to work, unless it is a simple paper round, being a model for toys or clothes, or acting/presenting childrens' TV programmes Article 2: The worse off are entitled to have energy, which is affordible Article 3: is dangerous,, could lead to food poisoning Article 4: fundlemental disagreement with deviding society. Article 5: Will cause many poor people will suffer in ill health, this will cause our healthy nation to plumit, with more and more ill health, more and more people taking time off work, which will wreck our economy. Most importantly Free Healthcare is a moral responsibility and the right thing to do, and is a cornerstone of our free, social democratic, liberal and just society. Article 6: This would plunge many Old People into poverty Article 7: Breach of Trade Union rights. |
| Date | 03:36:36, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Democratic Alliance | To | Debating the Privatization and Deregulation |
| Message | I only agree with Article 5. The other articles proposed are pure crap, to be frank. |
| Date | 07:37:37, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Privatization and Deregulation |
| Message | I firmly disagree with each and every one of these articles. Just because your party has recently gained some seats doesn't mean that you have some sort of 'mandate' to change the nation as you see fit. No sensible party would declare a 'mandate' unless they had won the election by a wide margin, which is clearly not the case here. Please, be reasonable. By the way, perhaps you would disagree with me, but I don't consider 'freedom from responsibility' or 'freedom to care only about oneself' to be essential human rights. Clearly, you do not grasp the concept that there is a reason that governments exist. A society that focuses only on the individual without any emphasis placed on the good of the majority or the good of the whole is doomed to utter failure. |
| Date | 15:42:26, March 25, 2006 CET | From | Christian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Privatization and Deregulation |
| Message | children should be allowed to work, if they desire to do so, article 1 allows them to work, but with more regulation(less hours per week, nt working on school days, etc.) than adults have, forbidding child labor outright prevents things like children's TV shows. Energy Regulation has always proven itself tobe a failed policy, leading to gas lines and the starving of an industry. Would you eat anywhere where they don't advertise that they meet all the government's safety recommendations? I wouldn't, and I bet most Darnussians wouldn't either. Gated communities should be a right private pension systems have worked well where instituted. I am not eliminating public health care, just allowing private clinics freer rein. It is a breach of business rights to allow a union to go on strike simply because a differant industries union believes it has unfair working conditions. UNions have rights, true. So do businesses. |
| Date | 21:56:13, March 26, 2006 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the Privatization and Deregulation |
| Message | We disagree with every single article. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 44 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 338 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 168 |
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