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Bill: The Economic Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Berosian 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 2613
Description[?]:
| To provide our nation with abetter, freer economy, and to let our citizens do as they wish. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on advertising
Old value:: Only governmental organisation advertising is permitted.
Current: All advertising is permitted.
Proposed: All advertising is permitted.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 32
Current: 15
Proposed: 0
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 25
Current: 12
Proposed: 0
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 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.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: There is a state monopoly on prostitution.
Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: The government owns the stock exchange(s).
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: The government has no position on the proliferation of stock exchanges.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers, except public employees, have the right to strike.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:16:41, July 27, 2008 CET | From | Red Tory Party | To | Debating the The Economic Reform Act |
| Message | Excellent proposition! We support 100%. |
| Date | 22:19:14, July 27, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the The Economic Reform Act |
| Message | No regulation? No tax? This is insane... There's only one worthwhile article in the whoe arrangement, freeing up the workers... but the rest of it is somewhere between just destructive, and actively evil. |
| Date | 02:55:25, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the The Economic Reform Act |
| Message | Regulation isn`t necessary. The free market always regulates itself. The government has no need to intervene, and they would in fact harm the process if they did. With regards to taxation, taxes are rarely a good thing. Taking money from our citizens only to give it to others is just plain wrong. The only reason we need taxes is to supply the populace with things that it could not supply itself (roads, buildings, hospitals, and other essential things), and to provide with protection of their rights (military, police, etc.). As it currently stands, if we removed every tax other than income tax, we would still be in a decently sized surplus. We would also have little to no taxation on consumption, which would raise our GDP and boost our economy. With more taxes, our citizens have less money, our GDP goes down, and the government retains a monopoly on industries that it wants to ban private practices from. |
| Date | 09:29:44, July 28, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the The Economic Reform Act |
| Message | Innocente Immeressen released the following statement: "You can always tell when someone has been protected by the safety net of regulation, because they say naive things - like "the free market always regulates itself". Anyone who has ever actually seen a truly free market knows the reality - market forces can't fix every problem, and can't even touch most of them. Health services can never be fixed by a free market, sustenance level food markets can never be fixed by free markets... and energy - to a lesser - extent, can never be fixed by free markets. Things that are needed, not only as essentials, but as CONTINUOUS essentials, are immune to market forces. You can't boycott them, there's no effective alternatives... and they respond to pressure in selfish and unpredictable ways. The Berosians might be happy to see Likatonians gouged. The Berosians might be willing to tell the Likatonian people to go to hell, so that they an a few of their friends can get rich quick - but, we'll always stand by The People. And they have always responded to that in the past. And they always will." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 277 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 389 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "It is obvious that the laissez-faire ideology represents the interests of big business. For decades, the right-wing has opposed welfare programs and nationalised companies, in favour of big business disguised under 'economic liberty'." - Cecilia Xu, former Gaduri politician |