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Bill: Silver or Lead
Details
Submitted by[?]: VonkajÅ¡Ãci
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 2468
Description[?]:
| Ever since the industrial sector was nationalised, the SSK has been getting strange calls from large violent men in cheap suits telling our former silent partner that he had a choice between 'silver or lead'. He ignored them, which is apparantly tantamount to choosing lead, which to be pedantic was probably stainless steel, since he was found with his throat slit and his heart cut out two hours later, and I don't know of many cutlers who make lead knives. For that matter, I'm not sure that saws, axes, cleavers, and any other such cutting or hacking implement are ever made with lead. I think most of them use steel or a carbon alloy. Nevertheless, they repeated the offer to me, and I have opted to take the silver ; which, as it turns out, is actually quite a substantial amount of gold bullion and untraceable bearer's bonds. So while these large violent men in cheap suits might be a little lax on the details, they sure do know how to make a decent marketing pitch. For some reason they require that this bill be passed, and with a choice between 34 million Telars and getting my throat slit and my heart cut out, I'm not one to argue. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates and owns all banks.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Proposed: The government discriminates against minorities in its hiring.
Article 8
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: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 56 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 35 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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