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Bill: Employee Safety-Net Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Capitalist Working Families
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: December 2442
Description[?]:
This bill will seek to provide an expansive SAFETY-NET for Rutanian workers who might unfortunately lose their jobs b/c their industry's employer went bankrumpt. The legislation will seek to provide such a safety-net by allowing the Federal Government to be "A LENDER of Last Resort" by distributing Low-interest LOANS (below the Prime Rate) to businesses that go "belly-up" thus causing massive unemployment. Thank you for your full support. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:22:44, August 15, 2007 CET | From |  Deus Ex Machina Party | To | Debating the Employee Safety-Net Act |
| Message | We support this because it removes government control from certain industries and places it in the private sector as long as it succeeds. |
| Date | 05:13:32, August 15, 2007 CET | From | Neo-Epicurean Party | To | Debating the Employee Safety-Net Act |
| Message | "Bankrumpt"? |
| Date | 15:20:58, August 15, 2007 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Employee Safety-Net Act |
| Message | Sorry about that, I misspelled the word "bankrupt." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 391 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 121 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 238 |
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| Random quote: "The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!" - Winston Churchill |