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Bill: Free(r) Markets
Details
Submitted by[?]: Société de Satyres Suicidaires
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: January 2652
Description[?]:
| Because it could happen! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Current: Energy is provided by nationalised companies.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 3
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state subsidizes the phone service of low income families but does not regulate the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to the production of pornography.
Old value:: Pornography may not be produced in the nation.
Current: The production of pornography is legal, but regulated.
Proposed: The production of pornography is treated as any other business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:21:41, October 13, 2008 CET | From | Syndicat Anarchiste | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | Since when does the PPM consider radical deregulation, no minimum wage, and no oversight on virtually anything either "progressive" or "moderate?" Shame on you t.r.a.i.t.o.r.s. |
| Date | 01:02:02, October 14, 2008 CET | From | Front National | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | Wtf, so many socialists. |
| Date | 02:18:48, October 14, 2008 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | Deregulation and privatisation is socialism? |
| Date | 03:12:42, October 14, 2008 CET | From | Front National | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | I was commenting on the number of parties voting against it. |
| Date | 04:39:39, October 14, 2008 CET | From | Association Socialiste Révolutionnaire | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | Thank god for us. Well ... god ... You get the point. |
| Date | 07:33:49, October 14, 2008 CET | From | Union des Femmes Chrétiennes | To | Debating the Free(r) Markets |
| Message | You don't need to be socialist to oppose this, anyone moderately liberal would oppose it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 120 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire |