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Bill: Mutualist Manifesto
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Radical List
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: April 2708
Description[?]:
| Our initial Manifesto |
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 large, national banks, but small community based private banks are allowed.
Article 2
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 cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Current: There is a national maximum wage but local governments may enforce stricter salary caps.
Proposed: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: There shall be no direct cash payments to individuals to guarantee a minimum income.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 7
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 8
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 all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:22:09, February 05, 2009 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Mutualist Manifesto |
| Message | I would feel it better if you divided your manifesto into individual bills for individual proposals, or at least for different categories. Manifestos screw up our positions. |
| Date | 22:25:25, February 05, 2009 CET | From | New Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Mutualist Manifesto |
| Message | This one is okay. It's basically all economic reform on similar lines. Perhaps the name Mutualist Economic Policy would have been better. |
| Date | 14:10:55, February 06, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Mutualist Manifesto |
| Message | I'll do shorter bills in future, this is just to give the voters an idea of what we stand for. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 328 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 422 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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