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Bill: Liberalization Plan - Phase One Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical Liberal 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: August 2822
Description[?]:
Liberalization Plan - Phase One |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on subsidising contraception.
Old value:: The government subsidises a considerable discount for contraceptives.
Current: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Proposed: The government does not supply free or discounted contraceptives.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Energy regulation.
Old value:: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Current: Energy is provided by private companies but the prices they can charge are regulated.
Proposed: Energy is provided by private companies which are not subject to any special regulations.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Government approval is needed before strikers can be fired.
Current: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
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:: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Current: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 6
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning phone services.
Old value:: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Current: The state regulates the rates providers can charge for phone service.
Proposed: There are no regulations on phone service.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Only closely related trade unions can walk out on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 06:56:09, September 22, 2009 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Liberalization Plan - Phase One Act |
Message | The Conservative Party is back! And it is NEW and improved! The Conservative Party's policy on social issues has changed from conservative to liberal, minarchist and progressive. Hello all! |
Date | 05:30:24, September 24, 2009 CET | From | Paleoconservative Party | To | Debating the Liberalization Plan - Phase One Act |
Message | The Paleoconservative Party (henceforth referred to as the PCP) would first like to express their confusion over the naming of this bill. The general theme of the bill appears to be deregulation of business and privatization of government services – hardly what one would ordinarily call liberal measures. The PCP endorses several of these measures that the New Conservative Party has proposed. Among them is Article 1, which we hope shall be the first step in our nation’s stride towards the full illegalization of all contraception. In addition, we also support the inclusion of Article 5 in this bill; the failure of any industry is proof that it has outlived its usefulness, and that businessmen involved in such an industry ought to cut their losses and find another line of work more relevant to the times. We also approve of Article 2 in the second phase of this bill; keeping health care privatized will ensure its continued quality of service. There is one, however, that we find absolutely barbarous. Article 6 proposes that our nation abolish all minimum wage laws. While we certainly oppose the Christian Socialist Party’s attempts to bankrupt small businesses by raising the minimum wage to absurd levels, we also have no desire to starve people of the working-class who would be at the mercy of their employers were this bill granted approval by the Imperial Congress. As we support this bill only partially, in the interest of remaining consistent with our party’s platform of lightly restrained capitalism, we shall abstain from voting. |
Date | 07:16:51, September 24, 2009 CET | From | Classical Liberal Party | To | Debating the Liberalization Plan - Phase One Act |
Message | OOC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism IC: We, the New Conservative Party would like to inform the Paleoconservative Party that they must be extremely naive to think that these are not liberal measures; free markets, neoliberalism and economic liberalism are all the economic aspects of classical liberalism, and therefore are liberal. Whilst we agree with the Paleoconservative Party's decision to support some Articles of this bill, we strongly disagree with their claims over this bill's abolishment of minimum wage laws. It is clear that opposers of no-minimum-wage-laws do not understand basic and fundamental economic principles. Minimum wages cause large-scale unemployment, particularly amongst low-income and unskilled populations, the very people the opposers are claiming to protect. A minimum wage law does not only form a major cause of unemployment, but also leads to higher turnover, less training and fewer fringe benefits. The absence of minimum wage laws provides for the efficient working of the price mechanism and allows the marketplace to do its fantastic work. The absence of such laws increases competition for jobs, and therefore the "price" of jobs increases. People have to be more educated and more skilled than anyone else to get more rewarding and better-paying jobs. Surely the Paleoconservative Party is not against education and up-skilling? Surely they are not against the betterment of our economic performance and living standards? By abstaining or voting no, parties are voting against education, against a more efficient economy, against higher living standards, against the better communication facilities of the price mechanism, against job stability, and most importantly, against freedom. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes |
Total Seats: 324 | ||
no | Total Seats: 76 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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