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Bill: Freedom of Economy Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative 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: August 2324
Description[?]:
| The NCP believes companies should be able to conduct their business free from government tyranny. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:14:21, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Progressive Centrist Democrats | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | well as this is pretty much the same as the original version of our Economic Competetivness Act we will of course support. |
| Date | 21:45:32, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | The SRP only agrees on Article 3. |
| Date | 22:57:26, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Absolutist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | We will have to vote nay. |
| Date | 23:58:48, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | We do not agree on any of these articles. |
| Date | 00:50:59, December 04, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | The NCP does not offer any compromise on this set of proposals since these are fundamental to our political philosophy. |
| Date | 02:41:25, December 04, 2006 CET | From | United Peoples Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Economy Bill |
| Message | The UPP Does not support the first Article |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 203 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 331 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 65 |
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