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Bill: Spenocratic Agenda: Workers' Rights
Details
Submitted by[?]: Spenocratic 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 2630
Description[?]:
| We must give people choice and protection from unfair businesses, without harming the economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Proposed: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
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 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 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the pension system.
Old value:: The state operates a compulsory, public pension system.
Current: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Proposed: The state offers a voluntary public pension, combined with other voluntary private pensions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:26:07, August 31, 2008 CET | From | Berosian Party | To | Debating the Spenocratic Agenda: Workers' Rights |
| Message | We can only support article #2. The rest, while filled with good intentions, we simply cannot support. |
| Date | 15:32:04, September 01, 2008 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Spenocratic Agenda: Workers' Rights |
| Message | "The minimum wage article is good. The pension idea is folly. Two-tiered systems never workout well, except for those able to take advantage of the 'higher' tier." --Avar Akkad Avara |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 76 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 190 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "People say I steal. Well, all politicians steal." - Huey Long |