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Bill: Legalize private radio
Details
Submitted by[?]: Patriotic Libertarian 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: February 2071
Description[?]:
| We need free media - it's the basis of democracy. Therefore I'd like to suggest a compromise for the socialists - leave a subsized national TV and radio station and allow all other private ones to work. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Radio stations.
Old value:: All radio stations are owned by the state.
Current: The government subsidises independent non-profit-making cooperatives for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Proposed: The government subsidises a national radio station for educational and informational purposes; other private non-subsidised radio stations are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:07:46, June 23, 2005 CET | From |  Imperial Conservative Party | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | Free the airwaves! Typical leftist attitude - government has its thumb on you. Free speech is nothing to be feared. |
| Date | 00:15:51, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialists of Endralon | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | As has been stated in your TV bill the current laws provide the highest possible degree of free speech. |
| Date | 00:16:49, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | yes, what's wrong with private radios? no big brothers here if that's the leftists' point ;) |
| Date | 01:00:43, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | no free speech - only those liked by the boss of the radio are broadcasted! |
| Date | 01:50:07, June 23, 2005 CET | From | none | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | I'm not against free private radio, if it was in the constraints of possible proposals I would but I dont think radio should be funded by the private sector with adverts etc , the state should provide directly funded large scale radio and provide funding for hobbyist radio the only things we need to avoid are state controlled radio and corporately controlled radio. |
| Date | 01:51:03, June 23, 2005 CET | From | MLC Old Endralonian Resistance | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | again erm that was me (this keeps happening *_*) |
| Date | 22:10:07, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Endralon | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | We HAVE free media and we HAVE free speech. Government censorship of the media was absolutely banned a long time ago. Besides, how exactly does private radio count as "free speech"? Are you suggesting that ANYONE could start his own private radio station? Please... Few people have the means to create a radio station. Thus private radio is not free speech, it is a privilege for the wealthy. |
| Date | 22:30:20, June 23, 2005 CET | From | Patriotic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Legalize private radio |
| Message | damn, don't you know you don't need much to start a local radio? just a garage and a simple radio... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 6 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 651 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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