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Bill: Minimum Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Log Cabin Republicans
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: December 2713
Description[?]:
| There are numerous issues with maintaining a high minimum wage. 1) Increases food prices, cost of living, etc. 2) Devalues currency. 3) Hurts companies, especially small businesses 4) Reduces work incentive. ( If you are paid based on merit, you are going to work harder. If you are guaranteed a high wage no matter what, are aren't going to have to work as hard for the same pay.) |
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 full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:12:41, February 18, 2009 CET | From | Evangelium Vitae Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker: There are numerous single income homes. We ought to make sure that they are able to provide for their families. |
| Date | 21:41:29, February 18, 2009 CET | From | Log Cabin Republicans | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | What kind of capital coalition are we?! Most of our members are supporting a ridiculously oversized minimum wage! |
| Date | 01:26:07, February 19, 2009 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | I disagree that it will devalue currency; our currency is backed by a gold standard. |
| Date | 01:26:44, February 19, 2009 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | "There are numerous single income homes. We ought to make sure that they are able to provide for their families." Leave it to the churches! Yield |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 17 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 58 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant." - Henri Queuille |