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Bill: Privatisation of Telephone Lines Bill 4734
Details
Submitted by[?]: Nebular Luthorian 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: May 4735
Description[?]:
| After a current account surplus of 0.05% this economic year it is clear the government should be more careful with spending, Telephone lines are currently free of charge for all citizens, providing these services to everyone is a terrible way to distribute resources and most households do not use their telephone line. Allowing private companies to begin providing phone services creates a whole new market and is highly productive efficient. The government have not minimised costs in this area and thus has led to huge diseconomies of scale. This bill does however allow the government to regulate the price of phone lines in order to prevent monopolistic power. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:46:54, April 02, 2020 CET | From | Socialist Party | To | Debating the Privatisation of Telephone Lines Bill 4734 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, This has always been a tradition in Luthori. We are a modern country and the state should pay for this because capitalist companies will only make it worse for out citizens. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 46 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 104 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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