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Bill: Save the Unemployed
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Socialist Council
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: May 2119
Description[?]:
April 2118 News Report One of the factories of GFP Inc., an important corporation in the mining sector in the Sultanate of Al'Badara, located in the Province of Gharki, has closed the books after several years of losses. Thousands have lost their jobs. The government needs to step in to salvage these struggling businesses. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Article 2
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 requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:14:42, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Save the Unemployed |
Message | The UPU will support incentives for worker's councils, but not compulsory ones. On industry, we will support a mixed. economy. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 301 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 389 | ||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 60 |
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