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Bill: Socialist Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial Hobrazian Front
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 2243
Description[?]:
| Socialist reforms to go along with HPP's Economy Revisited bill, whilst giving more power to the working class. |
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: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office agency. Private post offices are allowed to exist but the services provided by them are regulated.
Current: Only private post agencies exist, and the services they provide are regulated.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Funding of public transport (where applicable).
Old value:: Public transport is fully user-pays.
Current: Public transport is fully subsidised for people with low-income, with the remainder "user-pays".
Proposed: Public transport is fully subsidised by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Current: The state provides public housing to low-income families.
Proposed: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:56:39, June 18, 2006 CET | From |  We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | It would be impossible to maintain any services in any of these sectors should this bill be passed. The costs alone would be so high as to make it unworkable, and that isn't even including the increased bureaucratic dificulties that would be introduced. |
| Date | 20:02:48, June 18, 2006 CET | From | Capitalizt Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | Just a step further to the-state-decides-what's-good-for-you Communist-like government? |
| Date | 20:53:08, June 18, 2006 CET | From | Left Communist Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | It's an improvement on the work-for-greedy-pigs-that-hoard-cash-away-from-the-state-and-cause-tax-hikes-and-the-like Capitalist government you're suggesting... I say keep going with these proposals until the CP and WSS!P become too small to block the path to freedom. |
| Date | 23:08:43, June 18, 2006 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | I wouldn't be this opposed to WSS!P since he actually is a part of this government. |
| Date | 23:10:00, June 18, 2006 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | We though do not like that CSP rise the level of bureacracy by proposing bills already on the floor. |
| Date | 10:57:07, June 19, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | We thank the HPP for their support, even if we disagree on certain matters. @LCP - Please note the bills put forward by the WSS!P and supported by the CP. We at no point privatise all industry, such a move would be foolhardy in protecting basic public services. However, complete nationalisation of all industries removes the basic improvement that private competition allows, that of price competition for the consumer. However, the government is always active in guaranteeing that the people are guaranteed fair payments by limited regulation of the economy. We also repeat that this system (attempting to be employed by this bill) would be foolishly expensive and as such would cost the government, and thusly the tax payer, such an amount as to make it unworkable. Let the public sector deal with basic needs and let the people, through the private sector, deal with wants. |
| Date | 12:46:54, June 19, 2006 CET | From | Capitalizt Party | To | Debating the Socialist Reform Act |
| Message | Capitalism "blocks the path to freedom"? And what does a communist-government-that-owns-your-own-life do then? I agree to WSS!P words. And furthermore, check my proposed bills, i've not being proposing any bills from around 20 years, leaving this task to the WSS!P whose moderate economical stance I may agree with and support - sacrificing some of my capitalist ideals, rather than letting the AMTPoH-HPP-CSP-LCP league free to build an Orwellian Big-Brother government. Freedom is Slavery... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 165 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 32 |
| Random fact: Particracy has 464 player slots. |
| Random quote: "The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality." - Che Guevara |