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Bill: NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarchistes pour une Société Libre
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 2500
Description[?]:
| Article One - The rights of workers must be extended to prevent their exploitation at the hands of private enterprise. They must be given the basic right to strike for better wages and benefits. Article Two - The nationalization of major industry is required to guarantee the safety and prosperity of the working class. Article Three - See Article One description. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 2
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:02:29, December 13, 2007 CET | From |  Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | We oppose all three articles. |
| Date | 05:01:55, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Démocrates de la Gauche | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | We disagree completely with article 3 however we agree that the government should be an investor of last resort and government approval is needed for strikers to be fired. |
| Date | 06:11:37, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | Article 3 removed per request. |
| Date | 06:32:13, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | Did the National Bolshevik Party change article 2 from making the government the investor of last resort to allowing for government ownership of major industries? Or am I remembering incorrectly? |
| Date | 06:43:30, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | I didn't change that Article 2 at all, you could be thinking of NBP Proposal 1, where that was part of the bill. |
| Date | 10:52:10, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | we don't agree with general nazionalization, so we oppose |
| Date | 12:54:59, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Lib-Gov Party-part of W.A-S.U | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | No art.2 We could discuss about art.1 |
| Date | 21:30:27, December 13, 2007 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the NBP Proposal 8 - Major Economic Reforms |
| Message | Yes we must be thinking about the previous bill. We still oppose and will vote against this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 388 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 113 |
| Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
| Random quote: "The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." - Oscar Levant |