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Bill: Economic Prosperity Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Free People's Party
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: September 2447
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 4
Current: 12
Proposed: 2
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 3
Current: 5
Proposed: 1
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certain period of time.
Current: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 4
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Pre-school education.
Old value:: The government leaves development of nurseries to the private sector.
Current: The government leaves the pre-school education policy to local governments.
Proposed: Pre-school education is private, but the government covers the schoolcosts of poor families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:40:07, August 25, 2007 CET | From |  CSA Pax et Socialism | To | Debating the Economic Prosperity Bill |
| Message | How is this economic prosperity? |
| Date | 13:41:17, August 26, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Economic Prosperity Bill |
| Message | This really hurts our hippy hearts... :-( |
| Date | 19:16:41, August 26, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Economic Prosperity Bill |
| Message | Surely Article 4 must help your hippy hearts. |
| Date | 23:24:53, August 26, 2007 CET | From | Cosa Nostra | To | Debating the Economic Prosperity Bill |
| Message | It does, but not nearly enough to make up for the other articles. |
| Date | 01:17:12, August 27, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Economic Prosperity Bill |
| Message | Point taken. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 294 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 261 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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