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Bill: Economic Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: New-Revolutionary Communist Party (NRCP)
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: August 2517
Description[?]:
| A set of socialistic proposals concerning the economy which can finally liberate the Darnussian people from the oppression of Capitalism. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 0
Current: 0
Proposed: 20
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Current: Private power stations provide energy for the entire power grid.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 6
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 are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 7
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 single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: There are no regulations on phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government policy regarding housing.
Old value:: All housing is private but rent is subsidised for low-income households.
Current: All housing is privately-owned.
Proposed: The state owns and maintains all housing.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:10:05, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | These are all horrible ideas. |
| Date | 05:52:35, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | We could support a moderated version of Article 1, but 20% is too high. |
| Date | 07:49:33, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Socialist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | Some of these proposals are a bit too much, I think, though making some of the things, such as energy companies, publically owned isn't too bad. I don't know about the state owning and maintaining all housing, though, or worker's councils only being permitted to run a business. |
| Date | 15:22:35, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 17:03:32, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | Also, considering we have a balanced budget, we do not need to raise the corporate taxes(which barely generate any income, anyway). |
| Date | 17:41:40, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | Over our dead bodies perhaps. |
| Date | 18:33:53, January 15, 2008 CET | From | Darnussian Democratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | Absolutely not! The DCU will never vote in favor of these proposals! |
| Date | 01:08:20, January 16, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | Abstain. Goes too far for us. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 230 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "It is never too late to give up our prejudices." - Henry David Thoreau |