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Bill: Life in Mordusia Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union 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: August 2615
Description[?]:
| In order to drive the money changers out of the temple, we propose the following act to promote the security of the Mordusian people. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to families classified as low-income or poor.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
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 | 05:04:04, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Alliance Res Publica (UCF) | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | Alliance Res Publica firmly stands opposed to this Bill. The Churches and generous people of Mordusia can be trusted to help their fellow man without government intervention. We ask if the Union Party believes that the Catholic Church, a large and generous entity, would be willing to give charity to those struggling to raise children or work at their job. We must join together with our fellow brothers of the Faith to help the needy. We do not, however, trust the monolithic waste of spending that is the government to provide this aid. |
| Date | 08:56:19, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | We believe redistribution of wealth to be one of the pillars of socialism and theft. The government has no right taking a citizen's money to give it to another, possibly lazy, citizen. |
| Date | 10:22:25, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Austrian Union | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | Agreed with my fellow market colleague parties. welfare is subsidizing the poor. When you subsidize something, you get more of it. |
| Date | 11:26:22, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Patriciate Imperial League (UCF) | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | We would definitely support this bill. |
| Date | 19:29:22, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | Child benefit benefits the child. No child should suffer for a parent's laziness. Also, a living wage is paid by employers, not the government. Those who are not working (except those who are disabled) will not benefit. This is to prevent slave labor, where employees are paid 5 cents an hour. |
| Date | 21:28:13, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Mordusian Union of Liberty | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | I never thought I would say this, but the MSLP will endorse the Unionists. However it does bring about the question of why you so vehemently oppose socialism when this is precisely what you are here advocating. |
| Date | 21:47:20, August 01, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | Every error has some truth. |
| Date | 04:14:10, August 02, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Life in Mordusia Act |
| Message | Sean Fitzgerald, unofficial head of the Progressive wing of the party, wishes to remind the other parties that not all Unionists are violently anti-communist, and some even embrace socialism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 84 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 111 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Global warmers predict that global warming is coming, and our emissions are to blame. They do that to keep us worried about our role in the whole thing. If we aren't worried and guilty, we might not pay their salaries. It's that simple." - Kary Mullis |