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Bill: Privitizing Television and Radio
Details
Submitted by[?]: Voter Apathy 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: July 2228
Description[?]:
| The government needs to step out of the TV and Radio business. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: All radio stations are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Television stations.
Old value:: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Current: The government subsidises a national TV station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised TV stations are allowed.
Proposed: All television media are private.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:12:43, May 16, 2006 CET | From |  Communist Party of Saridan | To | Debating the Privitizing Television and Radio |
| Message | Radio and TV ARE privatized, there are just govt informational stations to go along with it! What is the reasoning for this?! |
| Date | 13:23:31, May 16, 2006 CET | From | Voter Apathy Party | To | Debating the Privitizing Television and Radio |
| Message | The government has no business operating a tv and/or radio station and needs to stop wasting money. |
| Date | 21:01:36, May 18, 2006 CET | From | Anti-Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Privitizing Television and Radio |
| Message | Of course it has business. If you remove a state new channel then an important link between the people and the government is broken. How are the government to communicate with the people cheaply and quickly, if there is no state news channel? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 171 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 481 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where players have failed to clearly and accurately reference their nation's RP laws in the "Bills under debate" section, Moderation will rule them invalid if a challenge is made to their validity. |
| Random quote: "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - John Adams |