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Bill: Minimum wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian Home and Hearth
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: February 2692
Description[?]:
| Since we don't provide welfare, we should have a substantial minimum wage. The combination of the two will encourage self-reliance, a responsible work ethic, and financial security. |
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Current: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:26:05, January 04, 2009 CET | From | Selucian People's Party | To | Debating the Minimum wage |
| Message | We agree with this bill 100%. |
| Date | 23:05:16, January 04, 2009 CET | From | Free Radical Party | To | Debating the Minimum wage |
| Message | WE are fully opposed to this proposal |
| Date | 23:24:43, January 04, 2009 CET | From | Minarchist Party | To | Debating the Minimum wage |
| Message | We disagree with both the proposal and the reasons. Minimum wage is a method of welfare from the state and encourages less responsibility. Furthermore, it rises costs of goods and services while causing more to be fired from their jobs. |
| Date | 01:59:18, January 05, 2009 CET | From | Selucian Party of Social Democrats | To | Debating the Minimum wage |
| Message | We agree with this proposal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 408 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 342 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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