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Bill: Economic Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Third Way
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: April 2594
Description[?]:
| A bill that would change many of the economic policies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works and for corporate use.
Proposed: The government may not seize private property.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on energy generation.
Old value:: Small scale private electrical generation is permitted but most energy is generated by a government-owned company.
Current: All power stations are publicly owned.
Proposed: All power stations are publicly owned.
Article 4
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 all workers must have membership in one.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and all workers must have membership in one.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: 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.
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:18:12, June 18, 2008 CET | From | The Third Way | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | This bill would make the economy more efficient by changing several articles such as the minimum wage, and privatizing certain industries while giving government control to the essential industry of electricity production. |
| Date | 18:59:21, June 18, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Unity Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | We ask the Third Way about Article 3: You voted Yes, when a small scale private electric generation was let in the Power Bill, and now you wan't to change it back. What's your TRUE oppinion on this? But because of some other Articles, we vote no. |
| Date | 00:01:28, June 19, 2008 CET | From | Hippie Union | To | Debating the Economic Reform Bill |
| Message | We like this bill but we don't like article 4. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 368 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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