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Bill: Economic Liberation Bill 2500.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peoples Revolutionary Front
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: July 2501
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only advertising that meets certain set standards is permitted.
Article 2
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 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 0
Current: 40
Proposed: 10
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 3
Current: 2
Proposed: 0
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families, and regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:25:25, December 14, 2007 CET | From |  Subsistence Alliance | To | Debating the Economic Liberation Bill 2500. |
| Message | "Ridiculessly bloated legislation combining irrelovent proposals for the sake of it. More un researched taxation figures with no logical grounding." - Thell Mastin |
| Date | 19:44:39, December 14, 2007 CET | From | Justice League of Cildania | To | Debating the Economic Liberation Bill 2500. |
| Message | Makes sense to us... the PRF has been trying to 'economically liberate' people from their hard-earned money since 2443. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 8 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 61 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 6 |
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