We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Minimum Wage Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Right
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 2381
Description[?]:
| A "Living Wage" is not only irresponsible, it's bad for the economy. With the exception of where it conflicts with the interests of the State, the economy must be granted the freedom it needs to flourish. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:50:10, March 28, 2007 CET | From | Greenpeace Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | The freedom of which the entrepreneurial groups they speak is usually equivalent to the lack total of rules and the trasgressione of laws. We believe that the market must be guided from principles inspires you to the interest of the collectivity and not of the private ones. Therefore the minumun wage it is a symbol of civilization and social conquest to which it cannot be renounced. |
| Date | 13:08:29, March 28, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | We forgot that only the rich deserve to live. Of course, we will not support this. |
| Date | 17:07:57, March 28, 2007 CET | From | Independent Right | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | This does not abolish the minimum wage, it still provides for workers to earn wages that would allow them to live with relative financial stability. |
| Date | 22:18:06, March 28, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | Yes, don't the Marxists realize what the IR is saying, or are they blinded by their extremist, nihilistic, and intolerant views? This measure balances and serves the needs of every citizen, whether rich, medium income, or poor. It ensures that our industries are protected as well as our country against inflation. After all, if everyone is payed $100 an hour, then businesses will simply charge ten times as normal. |
| Date | 03:17:47, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | Hm, this really should have gone under further negotiation. After all, what good is a bill that can't get passed. |
| Date | 08:59:11, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Freedom Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | The MP's rediculous, sensationalist comments highlight a blind prejudice against the wealthy, which is not only absurd, but completely irrelevant in this bill, as the PM and IR have explained. The TCP supports this bill wholeheartedly - certainly, a minimum wage that is too high can mean a gradual overall decline in the economy. It is high time we freed up the economy and allowed it to flourish and blossom to its optimum potential. |
| Date | 08:59:13, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Aldegar Freedom Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | The MP's rediculous, sensationalist comments highlight a blind prejudice against the wealthy, which is not only absurd, but completely irrelevant in this bill, as the PM and IR have explained. The TCP supports this bill wholeheartedly - certainly, a minimum wage that is too high can mean a gradual overall decline in the economy. It is high time we freed up the economy and allowed it to flourish and blossom to its optimum potential. |
| Date | 19:20:45, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | The MP belives that the parties who didn't oppose this bill should propose raising taxes for the wealthy. |
| Date | 19:53:54, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Aldegarian Libertarian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | Living wages somtimes includes potential families. The ALSP can't will not support this bill. |
| Date | 07:06:51, March 30, 2007 CET | From | Party of Moderates | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform Act |
| Message | "The MP belives that the parties who didn't oppose this bill should propose raising taxes for the wealthy." Would that mean putting it above the amount of 48% of their income? Tell me, have you ever studied economics? Well, it doesn't even take an economics lesson to understand what we're about to say next. Wealthy people are generally wealthy because of either great success whereas they end up contributing more to society than the average person or through the inheritance of someone who has done the former. When you tax a lot of money from people, they tend to like to move to areas where they would be taxed less. So, when pushing a huge tax upon such successful people, they tend to leave and take their businesses and contributions with them. |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 292 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 295 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 63 |
| Random fact: Players who deliberately attempt to present a misleading picture of the nation's current RP laws will be subject to sanction. |
| Random quote: "Corruption is the nightmare that keeps democracy a dream." - Anonymous |