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Bill: Economic Regeneration, 2352
Details
Submitted by[?]: Dorvish Popular Front
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: May 2353
Description[?]:
| Following a wave of privatisation bills, we put to the Senate this program of nationalisation. The economy must work in the national interest not for the profit of a priviliged minority. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the post office
Old value:: There is a nationalised post office. Private post office agencies are allowed to exist, and the services provided by them are not regulated.
Current: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Proposed: There is a nationalised post office agency in the nation. Private ones are banned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:18:10, January 29, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | We don't support Article 1, as it is too drastic. Article 2 is definite support and 3, we could. Our non-support for Article 1 outweighs the support for the other, so we vote no |
| Date | 00:37:39, January 30, 2007 CET | From |  Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | The Moderates cannot support any article as it would severely damage enterpreunership, spirit of hard work and individuality in this country, not to mention scaring off domestic & foreign investors now that our economy has been in good shape for years due to tax cuts and privatization means. These bills would lead us closer to socialism and we all know what that would propably mean: inefficiency, bureaucracy, wasted money and lack of investments & enterpreunership. We cannot afford that. |
| Date | 02:36:12, January 30, 2007 CET | From | Green Freedom Party | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | We support 1 and 3, but oppose 2. Overall, we will support. |
| Date | 01:54:31, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | First the Green Freedom Party supports "Railway Competition Bill of 2351" which privatized country's train services but now you support nationalisation of it? We wonder GFP's flip-flopping here and will to socialize country's economy which has been prosperous due to enterpreunership, individuality and investors, not because of the state. We hope that the other parties will vote against this bill as before the early elections, for the sake of Dorvik. |
| Date | 01:56:33, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | OOC: I thought there were just those three original bills so I based my comment on that basis, sorry for inconvenience. |
| Date | 01:57:36, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | OOC: The latter post was about criticizing GFP's stance on TOC's, not about the bill itself which we find apalling. |
| Date | 02:27:30, January 31, 2007 CET | From | Green Freedom Party | To | Debating the Economic Regeneration, 2352 |
| Message | Wait, wait wait - when we said we would support, only the first three proposals were in the bill. The last two are too extreme. Our vote is switching to a "no". |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 78 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 221 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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