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Bill: DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform)
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
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: July 2657
Description[?]:
| DSP platform issues relating to Economic matters. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Local governments regulates the daily working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Current: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 5
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: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The state owns the commanding heights of the economy and all major industries, but private ownership is allowed in the minor industries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: Local governments decide on salary cap laws.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government enforces a salary cap.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Current: This is left to the local governments.
Proposed: Stock exchanges are banned.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Current: All workers have the right to strike.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Article 11
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 encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:26:56, October 28, 2008 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform) |
| Message | While we hardly expect this to pass, we would like to know what items would receive support seperately. |
| Date | 02:51:37, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform) |
| Message | Only the industrial hemp proposal is reasonable. |
| Date | 02:52:11, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Social Democratic Republicans | To | Debating the DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform) |
| Message | We refuse to vote on a bill with so many proposals. |
| Date | 03:07:06, October 28, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform) |
| Message | We would understand if say the proposals were about wildly different areas IE lumping economic, civil rights, and environment together, however as these all have to do with the same general thing, we think that not voting is just a little unreasonable. CP, noted, we will create legislation relating to industrial hemp alone after this bill goes through. |
| Date | 16:47:45, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Social Democratic Republicans | To | Debating the DSP.312.2656 (Economic Platform) |
| Message | We only support Article Two, and while we believe the current value in Article Three should be altered to only allow firing of strikers with government approval, the DSP proposition is too restrictive. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 219 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 381 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority." - John Dalberg-Acton |