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Bill: CAPITALISM ROCKS!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Industrialist Party of Aloria
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 2661
Description[?]:
| CAPITALISM ROCKS! MONEY IS WHAT WE WANT! WE\'RE ALL RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD! CAPITALISM IS PROSPERITY ABODE! |
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: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Current: Telephone lines are provided free of charge to all citizens.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the stock exchange(s).
Old value:: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Current: Stock exchanges are allowed but are regulated.
Proposed: The government has no position on the proliferation of stock exchanges.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:00:36, November 02, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | Only filthy commies don\'t vote for CAPITALISM!!! |
| Date | 23:38:34, November 02, 2008 CET | From | Popular Democratic Front (PrCoa) | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | We believe in a third way approach. Capitalism with limits |
| Date | 19:01:05, November 03, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | We still believe there should be a minimum wage. |
| Date | 18:21:35, November 04, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | \"We still believe there should be a minimum wage.\" A philanthropic endeavor, for sure. But a minimum wage, much less a living wage, makes a country uncompetitive in the world market. Not to mention, if a company only pays half of what it used to pay it can hire more people. Thus, jobs are created. The abolition of a minimum wage creates jobs, and makes a country more competitive. So what if the lower class may not be able to afford luxuries? |
| Date | 18:57:49, November 04, 2008 CET | From | Genuine Progress Alliance | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | It\'s not about letting the lower class being able to afford luxuries. It\'s about letting the lower class being able to afford necessities. |
| Date | 23:10:04, November 05, 2008 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | Why would someone work at a job that doesn\'t give them necessities? If an employer doesn\'t pay a reasonable amount they don\'t get employees, that is how the market regulates itself GPA. |
| Date | 01:03:19, November 06, 2008 CET | From | Popular Democratic Front (PrCoa) | To | Debating the CAPITALISM ROCKS! |
| Message | But the market doesn\'t work like that! People take jobs at sweatshops and low-paying factories all the time, because they NEED a job so they can buy neccessities! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 307 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 443 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. |
| Random quote: "The trouble with communism is the communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians" - Henry Louis Mencken |