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Bill: Economic Measures for the War 2564
Details
Submitted by[?]: Viktor Schmöller Collective
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 2565
Description[?]:
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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 a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 15
Current: 9
Proposed: 30
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 private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
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 6
Proposal[?] to change
The government's policy regarding foreign investments.
Old value:: Foreign investors may invest in national companies, but may not get a majority share.
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 7
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: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 15
Current: 27
Proposed: 40
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Article 11
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:20:14, April 21, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the Economic Measures for the War 2564 |
| Message | Ridiculous. |
| Date | 21:06:26, April 21, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Socialist Union | To | Debating the Economic Measures for the War 2564 |
| Message | This is exactly what this country needs! |
| Date | 01:22:27, April 22, 2008 CET | From | Hutori Conservative Council | To | Debating the Economic Measures for the War 2564 |
| Message | THIS is an economic proposal to HELP the war? Truly bizarre. We are trying to fight AGAINST communism, not gradually install it from the inside! And what do all of these proposals have to do with the war? Nationalizing industries, compulsory membership of trade unions - this is communism, and we certainly thought that the VSC was better than that - they are a party who have voted in a similar bloc to the Hutori Conservative Party in the past, and we are certainly dissapointed. We certainly hope that the VSC has not been infiltrated by communists - there are already several communist parties in this nation, and in a time when we need to unite against communism, the last thing we need is another communist party. |
| Date | 13:54:57, April 22, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Union Party | To | Debating the Economic Measures for the War 2564 |
| Message | We have seen ridiculous motions over the years, but this takes the biscuit. We certainly hope that the VSC smell the coffee soon, or it could end messily. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 128 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 173 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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