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Bill: living wage!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Proletariat
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: October 2694
Description[?]:
| for proletarians... |
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 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 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 | 12:07:16, January 10, 2009 CET | From | Proletariat | To | Debating the living wage! |
| Message | more money in the hands of low income families |
| Date | 14:39:40, January 10, 2009 CET | From |  Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the living wage! |
| Message | Current minimum wage level is adequate and we must secure domestic jobs and foreign investments. We oppose this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 97 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 328 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "The answer to global warming is in the abolition of private property and production for human need. A socialist world would place an enormous priority on alternative energy sources. This is what ecologically-minded socialists have been exploring for quite some time now." - Louis Proyect |