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Bill: Power to the Workers!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Militant Socialist 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: February 2132
Description[?]:
| It is time we gave the workers the power they deserve! They have voted for these reforms, it is your duty to do the same! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:16:29, October 26, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | wtf is a democratic workers council? |
| Date | 18:17:13, October 26, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | oh yeah, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_council its some kind of inefficient commie trick intended to bring beluzia to ruin. |
| Date | 18:17:46, October 26, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | BTW, democracy is for sucks. Meritocracy is the only way. |
| Date | 18:57:44, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Partisans And Artisans League | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | Punish the successful so that everyone turns into a mediocre ogre! |
| Date | 20:22:40, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Militant Socialist Party | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | Actually, democratic workers councils are actually more efficient. OOC: Examples of this can be seen in Venezuela. |
| Date | 20:24:17, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Militant Socialist Party | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | And how is this punishing the successful, btw? This is encouraging small business growth and entreupenership (sp?) by encouraging people to set up collective businesses. This will have little effect on the big corporations. |
| Date | 21:01:27, October 26, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | Its bad because people want to be bossed, and I want to do the bossing! You are attempting to disrupt the natural order of things w communist lies and mental gymnastics! |
| Date | 21:36:07, October 26, 2005 CET | From | Militant Socialist Party | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | 'people want to be bossed'? Read the Beluzian Daily Paper thingy. The poll shows clearly that this is what the people want. |
| Date | 17:30:32, October 27, 2005 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Power to the Workers! |
| Message | Polls only recite the lies your pollsters place in them. I'm well aware of your games, oh worshipper of foriegn devils. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 193 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 207 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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