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Bill: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice
Details
Submitted by[?]: AM Radical Libertarian 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: October 2356
Description[?]:
| A free economy will be an efficient one, let the invisible hand of the marketplace rule trade and all will benefit from the economic growth. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may not seize private property.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Current: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Proposed: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Article 6
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 | 21:53:37, February 01, 2007 CET | From | AM Populist Social Democrats | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | This seems more like economic injustice. Especially interesting, in an awful way, in Article 1, which basically would make it impossible to build much of anything-- as all it takes is one landowner where the proposed project would be to effectively veto any project. For example, never would another road or highway or any length be built. As it is, the government must pay the owner what he asks, unless courts judge that he is asking an unfair price. If he can refuse regardless of the price, then most improvements to infrastructure and the like simply cannot be made. |
| Date | 23:00:14, February 01, 2007 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | The LITP, whilst endeavouring to support many of these articles, cannot support Articles 3 or 6. |
| Date | 15:45:26, February 02, 2007 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | To PLPL - Article 1 expresses the odd idea that what I own, I own and if I want to keep it, it's mine to keep. I doubt that very many landowners would decide to refues a reasonable offer, especially if the alternative was that a major highway was going to be built right next to their property as an alternate route. However, if they so choose, that's what ownership is all about. To LITP - what are your specific objections to these articles? |
| Date | 20:13:33, February 02, 2007 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | We believe that striking is objectionable, and should be a last resort, however we also feel that that resort should not automatically lead to loss of a persons job. In order to balance this, we need a check to prevent 'frivilous' striking. |
| Date | 22:11:38, February 06, 2007 CET | From | AM Radical Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | with regards to the LITP's objections, we have removed article 3. The old article 6; now 5; however is left in as we feel that the workers have a right to decide how the union will determine strike procedures. It is not the government's place to decide the internal policies of a union, but the members. By removing the restriction, individual unions can choose to strike by a majority vote of all members, of all members voting, or by a decision of the executive council. If the members do not like the structure, they can either vote to change it, join another union, or leave unions entirely. |
| Date | 00:14:47, February 07, 2007 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la mort! - Economic Justice |
| Message | We support, in the spirit of compromise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 90 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 109 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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