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Bill: Privatization
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free Conservative Party
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: December 2210
Description[?]:
| Only people should own business. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:17:58, April 04, 2006 CET | From |  Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | As I said before, the US tried government energy in the 30s. It was meant to give jobs to people. And it did. For a while, until building projects were finished. Sure, it provided cheap electricity, but job loss was even worse because the government energy drove out competitive private business. Government industry does not work. We NEED compatition, for jobs and proven quality of output. |
| Date | 00:17:59, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | The DLP does not support this bill, and cannot support this bill. In the case of Article 1, there is no reason to alter the current situation. In the case of Article 2, this will lead to utter chaos! A privatised power grid? And who makes sure that companies are doing as they are supposed to, maintaining it properly? How are we to stop companies illegally selling power to foreign countries at cheap rates? What is point of privatising the power grid? Madness, utter madness. |
| Date | 00:19:59, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | Furthermore, the DLP would like to point out the 'US' does not exist in Terra. The system the Free Republic has now has worked for over a hundred years. |
| Date | 00:58:43, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | Of course it worked!!!!!!!!!! The system does not allow it not to work! If the people do not like something a private company is doing, guess what, THEY DO NOT BUY!!!!! That is the idea of capitalism. |
| Date | 01:29:32, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | The Conservative Party continues to repeat the same argument over and over again. In this case, however, it does not apply. The power grid is not something the 'people' buy. It should definitely be owned and maintained by the government, if only for the sake of public safety. |
| Date | 08:00:26, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | We support maintaining the current policy. |
| Date | 23:39:02, April 04, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Privatization |
| Message | Power generation is not necessarily a business. It is an essential service for the state. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 7 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 189 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 150 |
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