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Bill: Crimson Mollusc Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gaduri Resistencia
Status[?]: passed
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 2394
Description[?]:
| More proposals for the people. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The patenting of software techniques.
Old value:: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Current: Software patents can be obtained from the patent office.
Proposed: Software designs, techniques, formulae and algorithms cannot be patented.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the export of weapons to other nations.
Old value:: The government must approve all arms sales on a case by case basis.
Current: The government does not allow arms to be exported.
Proposed: The government allows arms to be sold only to close allies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:52:57, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Gaduri Resistencia | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | Comments? |
| Date | 22:05:37, April 24, 2007 CET | From | People's Liberation Front | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | Article 3 it sounds like the current is more than what you are changing it to. And y not government own all softwhere |
| Date | 22:09:47, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Gaduri Resistencia | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | It would appear that the current value for Art. 3 is stronger: I assume it guarantees the whole family is above the poverty line. There's no option for government ownership of software, so I went for public ownership instead. |
| Date | 22:15:03, April 24, 2007 CET | From | People's Liberation Front | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | You have my vote it just weathe the minimum wage is being made higher. Its badly worded |
| Date | 22:18:50, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Gaduri Resistencia | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | Yep, it's hard to tell, but I'm assuming this is the larger option. |
| Date | 22:20:13, April 24, 2007 CET | From | People's Liberation Front | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | ok |
| Date | 22:29:08, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Gaduri Resistencia | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | Assuming the rest of the GCCP will also be in favour, I'll risk a vote. |
| Date | 10:37:27, April 25, 2007 CET | From | Gaduridos Dictatorship Radical Party | To | Debating the Crimson Mollusc Manifesto |
| Message | I don't agree- but you probably knew I would say that anyway. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 241 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "Changing the way we measure things is vital. So is decompartmentalising society making sure that economics and politics are not divorced from other crucial areas of life." - David Attenborough |