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Bill: Provision for a Minimum Wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: Red Tory 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: October 2607
Description[?]:
| We do not need a minimum wage at such a high level. The market shall resort the matters. |
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 | 01:25:45, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Spenocratic Party | To | Debating the Provision for a Minimum Wage |
| Message | OOC: I never thought I'd hear you say that lol |
| Date | 02:23:02, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Provision for a Minimum Wage |
| Message | What an excellent plan. We set the minimum wage at a level where it will support one person, and then all those freeloading stay-at-home moms, skiving children still in education, and lazy babies, infants and pre-teens can get out there and earn themselves a living, rather than relying on some kind of antiquated 'nuclear family where one parent works and one cares for the offspring' model. It's about time them lazy bastard babies got out of their diapers and starting earning a living wage. |
| Date | 04:53:45, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the Provision for a Minimum Wage |
| Message | A great plan, a minimum wage that is able to support a family of four is excessive. This is hurting businesses who are employing people that support only themselves on a minimum wage. Most people with a family of four are smart enough to get a job higher than minimum wage at any rate, why destroy the small businesses that are just trying to compete in the market? |
| Date | 06:55:24, July 17, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Provision for a Minimum Wage |
| Message | The Berosian Party live in a dream world. Getting a job that is 'higher than minimum wage' has nothing to do with being 'smart enough' - it is more about access to employment... and especially, about access to the qualifications that determine eligibility for employment. Thus, on both counts, the Berosian Party discriminate against the poor, and especially, the poor in rural settings. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 21 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 54 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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