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Bill: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: June 2535
Description[?]:
| A bill to restore the once reasonable minimum wage laws of Baltusia. |
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 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 | 12:02:55, February 20, 2008 CET | From | Justice&Freedom | To | Debating the Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz Wage Act |
| Message | good, but how many dollars will it cost? |
| Date | 19:10:31, February 20, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz Wage Act |
| Message | no way! protect the people of Baltusia. no person who works should be forced to "subsist" |
| Date | 04:29:03, February 21, 2008 CET | From | United Baltusia | To | Debating the Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz Wage Act |
| Message | United Baltusia would like to IMPROVE the standard of living of the Baltusian people, not lower it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 138 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 162 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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