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Bill: Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: April 2480
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
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 cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 3
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 state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: There are no regulations on phone service.
Proposed: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Current: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Proposed: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate TOCs throughout the country.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:04:39, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | Has OPX become a form of communism that can be bought on the stock market? |
| Date | 11:53:24, November 02, 2007 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | The OPX has no ideology. At the moment, we're going left because there's three/four right wing parties. If they all decided to leave, then we'd go right. |
| Date | 16:41:13, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Elite Sinn Fein | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | What all the other communist parties your in league with? you, RDS, SNB, and your ally, BPA (who I would liek to thank for not pandering to the orange lately. |
| Date | 16:50:05, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Idonea Socio Pax | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | And not to mention, to a certain extent, the Liberal party, hell, didn't you bash them for their votes always being "unpredictable"? |
| Date | 23:04:23, November 02, 2007 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | "What all the other communist parties your in league with?" That's not even a properly formed sentence. If you mean, what ABOUT the other..., then I would reply that we're not in league with anyone, so I don't really get your point. We don't speak on behalf of the other left-wing parties. "And not to mention, to a certain extent, the Liberal party, hell, didn't you bash them for their votes always being "unpredictable"?" I didn't use the word unpredictable. I may have said incoherent or spineless. There's a difference between pursuing an ideology to grab votes and flip-flopping from bill to bill. For example, http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=151085 and http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewbill.php?billid=150278 . Two contradictory bills, both have Liberal yes votes. Time between passing: less than two years. Whereas, while we've changed our tune lately from the first 400 years of our existence, we still stick to our left-wing, semi-fascist policies because that's what works for us. Nobody knows what the hell's going on with the Liberals. |
| Date | 02:01:52, November 03, 2007 CET | From | Elite Sinn Fein | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | ""What all the other communist parties your in league with?" That's not even a properly formed sentence. If you mean, what ABOUT the other..., then I would reply that we're not in league with anyone, so I don't really get your point. We don't speak on behalf of the other left-wing parties." 1. Oh yes, attacking unintential errors in my sentences really shows off your debate skills. I salute your awesome debate skills! I want to be just as good in debate as you are!...PHAIL 2. Your actions speak louder than words. You vote with left-wing, you are the left-wing. |
| Date | 02:17:46, November 03, 2007 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | "1. Oh yes, attacking unintential errors in my sentences really shows off your debate skills. I salute your awesome debate skills! I want to be just as good in debate as you are!...PHAIL" I wasn't attacking you. I was pointing out an error. Don't assume I'm out to get you. "2. Your actions speak louder than words. You vote with left-wing, you are the left-wing." So that's your point? If I am left-wing, what of it? |
| Date | 22:03:33, November 04, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Church of Baltusia presents OPX Act 2479 |
| Message | Long live the left wing! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 135 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 165 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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