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Bill: Aesthetic bill 2490 "Sensible economy"
Details
Submitted by[?]: "Le Chaim" - Aesthetic 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: February 2491
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 25
Current: 9
Proposed: 15
Article 2
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: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 30
Current: 27
Proposed: 15
Article 4
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:11:10, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Royalist Confederacy | To | Debating the Aesthetic bill 2490 "Sensible economy" |
| Message | Why are you adding this socialst Article 2 to a free market bill? |
| Date | 11:11:14, November 23, 2007 CET | From | Royalist Confederacy | To | Debating the Aesthetic bill 2490 "Sensible economy" |
| Message | Why are you adding this socialst Article 2 to a free market bill? |
| Date | 20:30:59, November 23, 2007 CET | From | SocLib '82 | To | Debating the Aesthetic bill 2490 "Sensible economy" |
| Message | Article II is less socialist than the current law, and in fact frees up the market. Especially considering that the government need only control 51% of a company's assets for it to be "nationalized". Besides, only 'vital' goods and services are protected under this proposal. |
| Date | 00:14:33, November 24, 2007 CET | From | Royalist Confederacy | To | Debating the Aesthetic bill 2490 "Sensible economy" |
| Message | Well in the original proposal there was a Article that would create some regulations on selling fireworks. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 138 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 61 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 102 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "Under every stone lurks a politician." Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C |