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Bill: KSP Economics Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Kafuri Socialist Party
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: March 2556
Description[?]:
| All parties: If you support any of these proposals, create your own bill containing the proposals you support. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: All advertising is permitted.
Current: Only advertising that meets certain set standards 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 large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Proposed: The government operates and owns all banks.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 49
Current: 25
Proposed: 100
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy provision is left to local governments.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 5
Current: 10
Proposed: 0
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Current: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Proposed: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may freely invest in national companies.
Current: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Proposed: Foreign investors need to obtain government approval for all investments in national companies.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Current: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Proposed: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Only government-run trade unions exist and membership in them is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 14
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 20
Current: 25
Proposed: 25
Article 15
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: 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.
Article 16
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 17
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Current: All forms of pornography are illegal.
Proposed: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Article 18
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government sets compulsory quotas for hiring women, minorities and marginalized groups.
Current: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Article 19
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
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 | 09:02:41, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Free Brendan Nelson | To | Debating the KSP Economics Bill |
| Message | Big bills screw up positions. Please do not do this again. Break them up next time. |
| Date | 16:06:26, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the KSP Economics Bill |
| Message | I've always done this and I will continue doing so. |
| Date | 22:19:48, April 03, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Urban Party | To | Debating the KSP Economics Bill |
| Message | That's the spirit. |
| Date | 01:50:41, April 04, 2008 CET | From | Kafuri Socialist Party | To | Debating the KSP Economics Bill |
| Message | No one has ever complained before. I keep all proposals from the same subject section, health, military, etc. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 197 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 290 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 181 |
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| Random quote: "Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." - Charles de Gaulle |