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Bill: Minimum Wage Institution
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Party
Status[?]: passed
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: July 2804
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 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 | 10:26:55, August 18, 2009 CET | From | Free Peoples Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Institution |
| Message | The minimum wage has destroyed the production power of most western countries, and allowed 3rd world countries to skyrocket at the 1st world's expense |
| Date | 00:02:00, August 19, 2009 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Institution |
| Message | This bill will not lead to a n unreasonable burden on corporations who continue to flock to Lodamun due to low corporate tax rates and stable currency. Businesses who pay less than a subsistence wage contribute to homelessness, hunger, and crime of hard working citizens. The vast majority of countries in Terra have similar or more generous laws for their workers so there are few "third world" countries to shift workers to cut production costs. Any loss in business activity would be greatly offset by savings from reduced crime. |
| Date | 02:31:13, August 19, 2009 CET | From | The Liberal Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Institution |
| Message | Where is the study that indicates that having a minimum wage contributes to less crime? Is the URP making up facts as it goes along....again? |
| Date | 02:45:43, August 19, 2009 CET | From | United Republics Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Institution |
| Message | I have no study, but I did provide a rationale that uses basic common sense (perhaps a low standard, but the LP can NEVER substantiate its own claims with even this minimum standard). If the LP can produce a study that suggests my reasoning is incorrect, please submit it to Parliament for inspection. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 127 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 73 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Large scale RP planning (such as wars, regional/continental conflicts, economic collapse, etc.) should be planned (as best as it can be) and should have consent of a majority of players involved. |
| Random quote: "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." - Ross Perot |