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Bill: Public Power Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Catholic Workers Union
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: November 2352
Description[?]:
| A bill to retake control of many industries that ought to be maintained by the public trust. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private and public power stations exist side-by-side.
Proposed: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private, unregulated companies but subsidies are given to those on a low income.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:45:54, January 26, 2007 CET | From | Popular Socialist Front | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Hmm... kinda. I agree with the nationalisation aspects but not the devolution aspects. |
| Date | 07:08:28, January 27, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Eh... I'd have to say no. |
| Date | 17:09:40, January 27, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Well I included the devolution aspects because I think it's important to move towards nationalization, if that's our goal, slowly. Allow Cantons to have the choice first, you know? And to the MLP, I'm starting to wonder if you're in the right coalition. We are the LEFT-wing one, you do know that right? |
| Date | 07:52:56, January 28, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Well I think we're on differently levels on being to the left. I favor more leftist policies... but not as far left as you're going (we are MODERATE after all.) |
| Date | 00:43:26, January 29, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Very basic nationalization and devolution aren't radical at all. They're empowering. Anyway, I'm just frustrated at your seemingly unenthusiastic support for most policies regarding change. You seem to overwhelmingly favor the status quo, left to us by the nationalists. |
| Date | 04:58:33, January 29, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | You're calling for massive nationalization of the power industry which is conflicting with our fundamental capitalist beliefs. I don't have a problem with government intervention in the market place, but this is taking it too far. |
| Date | 00:44:37, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | Why? Why for example should private companies maintain and monopolize sections of the national grid? To me that's fundamentally anti-capitalist itself. |
| Date | 01:29:47, January 30, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | The nation's powergrid is not monopolized - it's required by law to be broken up. |
| Date | 02:52:36, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Catholic Workers Union | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | "Multiple private companies each own and mantain sections of the national power grid." Monopoly. |
| Date | 23:30:06, January 30, 2007 CET | From | National Fasco-Communist Order | To | Debating the Public Power Act |
| Message | The word multiple discounts any sort of monopoly. It goes against the definition. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 102 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 264 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 235 |
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| Random quote: "Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." - Niccolo Machiavelli |