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Bill: Upholding Free Markets
Details
Submitted by[?]: Supporters of Science in Design (IP)
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: March 2533
Description[?]:
| Minimum wages cause inflation, which cause everyone to become poorer in real terms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:01:33, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Upholding Free Markets |
| Message | This bill is a bad idea. The people need a minimum wage. Otherwise, they will not be able to afford food, water, clothing, or shelter. Experience has shown that without a minimum wage, companies will give workers the lowest wage possible. |
| Date | 04:29:26, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Supporters of Science in Design (IP) | To | Debating the Upholding Free Markets |
| Message | The key in that is that they do give them a wage. With minimum wages workers who provide little marginal profit to employers do not get hired, thus they can not afford any food water, clothing, or shelter. |
| Date | 15:23:59, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Soviet Party (Trotskyist) | To | Debating the Upholding Free Markets |
| Message | If they provide little marginal profit with the minimum wage, they probably would still have little marginal profit without a minimum wage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 262 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 196 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 292 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people; people kill people,' but I think the gun helps." - Eddie Izzard |