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Bill: Minimum Wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Liberation Animals Environment
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: May 2832
Description[?]:
| Not everyone has kids, let alone 4. Most people on low incomes are students, not families. |
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 | 23:33:57, October 12, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Coalition Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | Come on the minimum wage has to be more than this. Cause even if the majority is a single person there is still millions which is not. |
| Date | 23:43:44, October 12, 2009 CET | From | Populist Liberation Animals Environment | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | It prevents people from having children when they can't afford it. |
| Date | 03:08:03, October 13, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Coalition Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | It doesn't prevent people from having kids it prevents them from taking care of those kids once they have them. This bill will bring thousands of families under the poverty line. If this bill passes you better have a bill that says 5 year olds can get full time employment cause that is what it will take for families to survive is for everyone including children to have to work. |
| Date | 16:03:25, October 13, 2009 CET | From | Populist Liberation Animals Environment | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | People don't start out with kids and then begin work. They first work and then decide to start a family. If they are financially unable to provide good care, they just wait until they have improved their financial status and then raise a family. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 164 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 173 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 63 |
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