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Bill: The more you use the more you should pay
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sunshine 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: August 2214
Description[?]:
| Energy use has a direct impact on the environment and we should all use it efficiently. As economics is the best regulator of consumption, those that use the most will have to choose to either use less or pay more. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:06:03, April 11, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the The more you use the more you should pay |
| Message | Sounds a bit risky. |
| Date | 00:12:50, April 12, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the The more you use the more you should pay |
| Message | We favour the legislation already in place. Private companies should run electricity services, but limited regulation is needed to ensure local electricity monopolies don't take advantage of consumers. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 15:10:29, April 13, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the The more you use the more you should pay |
| Message | We need some sort of regulation, and therefore we cannot support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 125 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 208 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 42 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry." - Winston Churchill |