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Bill: Economic Freedom Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican Party (RP)
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: March 4951
Description[?]:
| A bid to return freedom to the people and weaken the states control of economic freedoms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: Defence industries are privately owned and not subsidised.
Proposed: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a free public health care system and a small number of private clinics, which are heavily regulated to ensure they treat their patients well and provide good care.
Proposed: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Pharmaceutical drugs policy.
Old value:: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Current: The government pays for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs.
Proposed: The government pays partially for all citizens' pharmaceutical drugs, and pays entirely for those of low income citizens.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The funding of sports clubs.
Old value:: All sports clubs are government owned and run.
Current: The government funds some sports clubs side-by-side with private ones.
Proposed: The government does not fund sports clubs; only private ones are allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Central Bank oversight and regulation (if a central bank exists)
Old value:: The central bank is underneath the direct oversight of the national legislature.
Current: The government appoints the head of the central bank and an executive board to manage the central bank but does not otherwise interfere in its operations.
Proposed: The government appoints the head of the central bank and an executive board to manage the central bank but does not otherwise interfere in its operations.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Exchange rate regime
Old value:: The exchange rate of the national currency is fixed by the government.
Current: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Proposed: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, but the government is permitted to intervene when necessary.
Article 8
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.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Policy on profit sharing
Old value:: Companies are required to distribute a majority fraction of its profits to employees.
Current: The law does not mandate or encourage profit sharing programs.
Proposed: Companies are required to distribute a minority fraction of its profits to employees.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The regulation of higher education.
Old value:: The government does not allow private higher education institutions.
Current: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Proposed: The government allows public and private higher education institutions to coexist with self-regulation for those that are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:22:54, June 11, 2021 CET | From | Socialist Unity Party (SUP) | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Bill |
| Message | How is taking control of the economy away from the workers and giving it to the billionaires “freedom” |
| Date | 19:00:53, June 11, 2021 CET | From | Hosian Representation Party (HRP) | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Bill |
| Message | We give it to people who take chances and find what people want. |
| Date | 22:57:22, June 11, 2021 CET | From | The Baltusian Liberatarian Party (BLP) | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Bill |
| Message | We'll, we could just tax the rich an inordinate amount, which will prevent wealth disparity |
| Date | 09:39:49, June 12, 2021 CET | From | Republican Party (RP) | To | Debating the Economic Freedom Bill |
| Message | To he SUP the Republicans support a mixed market economy that doesn't preference trade unions aligned to the Socialist Party, therefore it benefits a greater number of people. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 83 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has been running since 2005. Dorvik was Particracy's first nation, the Dorvik Social Democrats the first party and the International Greens the first Party Organisation. |
| Random quote: "Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war." - Tony Blair |