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Bill: Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会
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: September 4560
Description[?]:
| It is the state's duty to provide suitable infrastructure to its subjects, For the people are the state and the state is the people. That is why Kokuryū-shakai puts forward this bill to the Kokkai, in hopes that the state once again performs its duty. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Local governments decide upon the funding policy.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Public works initiatives
Old value:: Public works projects are left to local governments.
Current: The government funds a program to build public works.
Proposed: The government funds a program to build public works.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on nuclear power.
Old value:: The government does not take any position on nuclear power.
Current: The decision is left up to local governments.
Proposed: The government encourages nuclear power (subsidies, tax relief etc).
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Proposed: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: Housing policy is to be determined by local governments.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state contracts with private companies to provide public housing.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are unregulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
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 | 23:19:20, April 11, 2019 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | We would prefer Article 6 support a regulated, private service, but otherwise we support this bill. |
| Date | 23:52:32, April 11, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | Article 6 already includes private post offices to be regulated. |
| Date | 06:05:53, April 12, 2019 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | We oppose the nuclear power article. |
| Date | 07:45:10, April 12, 2019 CET | From | 立憲維新党 (Rikken Ishin-tō) | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | We would prefer it be only regulated, private services. |
| Date | 10:07:27, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | Why would the Teikoku Kōmeitō not support giving subsidies to encourage nuclear power? It encourages clean nuclear energy and relieves us of our reliance on other polluting energy sources. Perhaps the Teikoku Kōmeitō is filled with lobbyists for big oil? |
| Date | 10:09:27, April 12, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | To our collogues at Rikken Ishin-tō. what would you be referring to? |
| Date | 04:43:14, April 13, 2019 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | The TSK has always supported clean energy and been opposed to fossil fuels, however Nuclear energy, unless it's fusion (OOC: Which, since it does not exist commercially/reached energy production in the real world can not exist in game), is a dangerous and dirty energy source and one which we might add is NOT renewable. |
| Date | 14:07:28, April 13, 2019 CET | From | Kokuryū-shakai 黒龍社会 | To | Debating the Infrastructure Reform Bill January 4559 |
| Message | If you support clean energy then you can't leave out nuclear energy. The only reason nuclear energy is classified as a non-renewable is that uranium is a finite resource. However, the rate at which nuclear energy is consumed is insignificant compared to the supply. Nuclear energy is 8,000 times more efficient than oil or coal and even the highest quality solar panels commercially available only have an efficiency of 22%. Building nuclear reactors are cheaper and take less land then a solar panel field for the same amount of energy produced and by the way nuclear energy is way cleaner than solar panels, which creates more than 300 times more toxic waste than nuclear. They also require far more rare materials to construct. Now Article 3 is not proposing that Sekowo not construct renewable energy sources all its proposing is that we start encouraging more nuclear energy which is cheaper, environmentally friendly, and more efficient. Our superior electrical grid is worth the fearmongering of the Teikoku Kōmeitō. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 294 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 6 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority." - John Dalberg-Acton |