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Bill: Economic Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: True Communist Movement
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: December 2559
Description[?]:
| To Protect the Workers, and the Environment! |
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: All advertising is prohibited.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
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 Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 10
Current: 15
Proposed: 50
Article 4
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 nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 10
Current: 25
Proposed: 50
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:55:53, April 10, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Brigade of Democrats | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | How can you portect the workers if you do not advertise the companies they work for and if you increase tax percentages. I disagree with this movement. |
| Date | 21:17:34, April 10, 2008 CET | From | True Communist Movement | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | what companys? we plan to nationalize them. Also we are in faver of a "wage control" |
| Date | 21:21:48, April 10, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Brigade of Democrats | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | Nationalization... Interesting. I agree with that very much when the government controls all in favour of the people with no competition to shake the rights of the people and no corruption. What do you mean by a wage control? |
| Date | 03:41:27, April 11, 2008 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | WHIP cannot in good conscience tax our people at such a rate. |
| Date | 18:21:09, April 11, 2008 CET | From | True Communist Movement | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | its DEMOCRACY. workpace democracy. "wage control" is were workers are paid one "good" pay for that profensetion |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 178 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 147 |
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