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Bill: no mo work at mc D's
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Party
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 2748
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 | 18:47:50, April 28, 2009 CET | From |  National Business Party (NBP) | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | The unemployment rate will significantly go up after this move. |
| Date | 19:33:56, April 28, 2009 CET | From | Party of Marxist Unification | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | Working slave labor rates should be abolished. The rich must pull their weight. |
| Date | 22:05:12, April 28, 2009 CET | From | National Business Party (NBP) | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | Again, no one is forced to work for a pay they don't like. Point is, it's better to have a job and be poor, than to not have a job and be even poorer. With setting a high minimum wage, we will ensure that the unemployment rate will rise. |
| Date | 09:01:11, April 29, 2009 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | I understand some people will be fired because the others are getting better paid, therefore we should have unemployment benefits. Yes. |
| Date | 10:59:42, April 29, 2009 CET | From | National Business Party (NBP) | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | The Social Democratic Party which claims to be for laborers, wants more people on unemployment benefit! |
| Date | 12:22:08, April 29, 2009 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | Its not about having work or not. The essences of this legislation is that people should have a good salary to support their family and have a good spare time. Than they could for example start a savings acount and |
| Date | 13:44:26, April 29, 2009 CET | From | National Business Party (NBP) | To | Debating the no mo work at mc D's |
| Message | No, this bill is only about creating unemployment because you think the government can decide better than the individual. It will also put a large strain on the economy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 232 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 253 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 15 |
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| Random quote: "The Revolution needs to progress. We as humans need to evolve into higher beings through better moral virtues. And we can achieve that if we clean ourselves from the immoral. Those who go against the Revolution, go against human progress and must be freed in the most humane way possible. That is why we introduced the guillotine." - Maximus Robertson, former Davostani revolutionary |