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Bill: Living Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Neo-Epicurean Party
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: November 2485
Description[?]:
| Let's see if this has a better chance of passing with the new alignment of parties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Article 2
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:05:31, November 13, 2007 CET | From |  Hellenic Imperial Party | To | Debating the Living Wage Act |
| Message | A much needed bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 406 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "God creates men, but they choose each other." - Niccolo Machiavelli |