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Bill: economics corrections law
Details
Submitted by[?]: orgonic 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: May 2405
Description[?]:
| 10 proposals concerning economics |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Current: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Proposed: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Article 6
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 does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 0
Current: 19
Proposed: 25
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:49:48, May 14, 2007 CET | From |  Aggressive Sexist Movement | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | Commies. |
| Date | 14:07:14, May 15, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | CCU does not support. |
| Date | 17:49:35, May 15, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | CCU: which proposals you don't support |
| Date | 03:12:38, May 16, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | Articles 1 -10. We do not support most government regulation of industry, we do not support tax increases, we do not support stripping away political power from local governments, and we believe that the current laws concerning labor unions provide enough flexibility and fairness. |
| Date | 15:39:31, May 16, 2007 CET | From | orgonic party | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | notice that all the changes go in a very moderate direction of public control on certain economic sectors. workers' rights: in every political system expected to be named democracy there is complete freedom of strike |
| Date | 17:26:41, May 16, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the economics corrections law |
| Message | We support worker's rights, but we do not believe in sympathy strikes across all sectors of the economy. Also, we want to ensure that employers have the flexibility to fire workers who unreasonably strike. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 501 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: First and second class seats on public transport shall be BANNED! We are all FIRST CLASS people, regardless of whether we are rich or poor and can afford or not afford to pay for a more expensive seat. From now on, all seats on trains, buses, trams, planes and so on shall be the SAME. We will all travel in the SAME way, TOGETHER. ~ Friedrich Pfeiffer General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party |