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Bill: Military Contractors Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Center-Right Coalition
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: December 2287
Description[?]:
| A bill to outlay military production to private production firms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's defence industry.
Old value:: The state owns all defence industries.
Current: The state owns national defence industries but these exist alongside privately owned defence industries.
Proposed: Defence industries are privately owned but subsidised by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:00:28, September 20, 2006 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Military Contractors Act |
| Message | We think that defence is often very profitable and rarely needs subsidies. We believe there are strong strategic arguments for public ownership in this sector, to prevent conflicts of interest between the national interest and private profit or between the national interest and foreign stockholders. |
| Date | 10:29:40, September 20, 2006 CET | From | Conservare Party | To | Debating the Military Contractors Act |
| Message | The Conservare Party feels that the privatization of the defense is a good thing, but it does not need any subsidise. |
| Date | 00:06:55, September 21, 2006 CET | From | Aldegar Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Military Contractors Act |
| Message | We also believe that defence industries should be state-owned. What if a private defence company decides to sell weapons to "unfavourable" buyers? We don't want to end up supplying people we might end up at war with. |
| Date | 05:22:20, September 21, 2006 CET | From | Center-Right Coalition | To | Debating the Military Contractors Act |
| Message | Subsides will only exist to serve as a to stablize the armaments industry so that they are financially stable in the event that an armed conflict erupts. |
| Date | 09:29:50, September 22, 2006 CET | From | Peoples Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Military Contractors Act |
| Message | The Orwell party is strongly opposed to a privatized military industry, and even more opposed to subsidising such an industry. We stand with our socialist brothers in demanding that the military forces are owned and controlled by the people and the government. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 187 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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