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Bill: Deregulation of Industry Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Capitalist 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: April 2256
Description[?]:
| To reinstate liberty and promote the expansion of business. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Current: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: The government has no policy on forest protection.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: There are no set health and safety regulations for industry.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government designates ecological preservation zones but does not fund their oversight.
Proposed: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities but enforces mandatory recycling for industry only.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Proposed: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:46:55, July 17, 2006 CET | From |  Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | Business is the enemy of the people. |
| Date | 19:08:17, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | Since business is owned by people, I fail to see the logic. |
| Date | 19:16:17, July 17, 2006 CET | From | Intellectual Revolution Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | I'd rather not get involved in the "business is the enemy of the people" debate, but this bill completely destroys government regulations that keep the ecology alive. We can't just let people go free and do what they want to the environment or we won't have an environment pretty soon. |
| Date | 19:19:25, July 18, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | Business is NOT owned by the people. It is owned by the capitalist, which is an inhuman monster which lives off the blood of the workers. |
| Date | 14:35:36, July 20, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | I said "people", not "the people". "The people" is a fictional corporation that purports to represent the interests of everyone, but in reality represents the interests of no one. The only way for interests to genuinely be represented is through individual liberty. |
| Date | 14:36:16, July 20, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Industry Act |
| Message | "this bill completely destroys government regulations that keep the ecology alive. We can't just let people go free and do what they want to the environment or we won't have an environment pretty soon." Eh? People will only be allowed to damage their own land (which in doing so results in a decreae in value of said land). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 230 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 270 |
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