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Bill: Big Capitalist Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Industrialist Party of Aloria
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: January 2715
Description[?]:
| A Big, Big Laissez-Faire Capitalist Bill. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 20
Current: 5
Proposed: 10
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Current: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: All industry is owned and operated by the state.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 18
Current: 25
Proposed: 6
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:49:53, February 20, 2009 CET | From | Centre Democrats | To | Debating the Big Capitalist Bill |
| Message | Vote for it, but don't support article 2! |
| Date | 11:08:36, February 20, 2009 CET | From | Independent Radical List | To | Debating the Big Capitalist Bill |
| Message | Damn, this is going to mess up my small government position |
| Date | 23:36:17, February 20, 2009 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Big Capitalist Bill |
| Message | "Vote for it, but don't support article 2!" This is more for making our lassiez-faire( and to a lesser extent federalist) positions more pronounced as it will not pass. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 304 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 389 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 57 |
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