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Bill: economic reforms
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likatonian Superpower 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: September 2681
Description[?]:
| for the likatonian people |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: All banks are privately owned.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:27:09, December 15, 2008 CET | From |  Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | As this stands, we can't support, The prostitution issue is the killer. |
| Date | 10:32:25, December 15, 2008 CET | From | Likatonian Superpower Party | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | why? |
| Date | 10:35:47, December 15, 2008 CET | From | Likatonian Superpower Party | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | You would stunt the progress of the nation over one proposal? why do you keep supporting prostitution?! |
| Date | 10:45:46, December 15, 2008 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | We are finely balanced on the other four issues; Articles 1 and 4 (Banking and Right to Fire) we support, Articles 2 and 3 (child labour and working hours) we are less sure about. The only one we are outright opposed to is the removal of prostitution from the legal, safer area it currently occupies, into a 'black market' criminal place, where there is no legal protection for women or men working in such an industry. Making it illegal will not make it go away, and sadly will only make conditions worse. A programme of education and safeguards is a better alternative. |
| Date | 17:55:55, December 15, 2008 CET | From | Free thinking Party | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | haha actually the LCW has a point, mayb you should have to get i license?? i do agree with all the others though |
| Date | 09:55:41, December 16, 2008 CET | From | Likatonian Superpower Party | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | Then why do you not just pass this and get rid of the prostitution article later this is stunting the progress of the nation. |
| Date | 10:22:16, December 16, 2008 CET | From | Neo Kanist Rite Party of Sorbanika | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | The prostituion issue is proving to be quite a hot topic. We would suggest that is should be voted for seperately as part of its own bill. The NKRP now agree with the LCW on this issue, we do not promote the proffesion but we feel that we must now support it to try and enable safe working conditions for those in the proffession. |
| Date | 19:28:21, December 16, 2008 CET | From | Likaton Coalition of the Willing | To | Debating the economic reforms |
| Message | We would like to point out that we made our case BEFORE the LSP put this to vote, at a time when they could have ditched the Article from this Bill. If any party is holding progress back it is the LSP, with their dogmatic adherence to an unpopular and unfair proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 160 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 505 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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