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Bill: DWC Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Christian Women's Association
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 2416
Description[?]:
| There is no good reason why democratic workers councils should be forbidden by law from setting up their own business. This inhibits free enterprise. Belinda Braithwaite (Leader of the LWCA) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
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 | 01:50:08, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Vodka and Pimm's Party | To | Debating the DWC Act |
| Message | I say, we aren't communists you know. |
| Date | 09:45:28, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the DWC Act |
| Message | If we're not communists then we (HM Government) shouldn't be interfering in the was private are run then, should we? |
| Date | 18:17:25, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Imperial Vodka and Pimm's Party | To | Debating the DWC Act |
| Message | Democratic Worker's Councils aren't co-operatives of capitalists. |
| Date | 21:24:00, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the DWC Act |
| Message | DWCs are inefficient. They mustn't be permitted to run a business. |
| Date | 21:45:05, June 20, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the DWC Act |
| Message | If they are inefficient then the business would not be competitive and would have to reorganise or disappear. We should leave that to market forces and the owners of the private companies: not dictate how private businesses run their affairs! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 47 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 53 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "Any system that takes responsibility away from people, dehumanises them." - Author Unknown |