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Bill: Working Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Holy Eliyahu Confession
Status[?]: passed
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 2634
Description[?]:
| A bill to encourage higher employment in the private sectors of Lodamun's economy. |
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 considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:35:39, September 08, 2008 CET | From | Holy Eliyahu Confession | To | Debating the Working Wage Act |
| Message | While all parties are in agreement that the people need to be well taken care of, it is the opinion of the Christian League that the current minimum wage is simply too high, and as a result the increasing private sector will fail to utilize labor opportunities, leading to unemployment. The Christian League has focused its tax cuts on the lowest brackets, and eliminated taxation for millions of the poorest citizens entirely. We believe that the free public social services, combined with tax cuts on the most in need will allow us to lower the minimum wage to a more sustainable level and encourage lower unemployment, while still providing for the well being of the average working class citizen. We therefore ask all parties to seriously consider what is in the best interest of the working class, and vote in favor of this bill. |
| Date | 20:10:50, September 08, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Working Wage Act |
| Message | The poor are paying more money in income taxes than ever (OOC: You believe whatever you want to. I won't argue with you.) They deserve to get as much money as possible from their work. This bill is only in the interest of big businesses, not on the interest of the working class. |
| Date | 22:22:04, September 08, 2008 CET | From | Collectivist Party of Lodamun | To | Debating the Working Wage Act |
| Message | "This is a terrible bill, and if it passes I will resign from the office of Minister of Trade and Industry." -June Smith-Hoover Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Date | 23:23:47, September 08, 2008 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Working Wage Act |
| Message | We would like to hear the Finance Minister's opinion on this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 74 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 66 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 10 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare homosexuality instead of running off to Canada." - Lorne Bloch |