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Bill: Economic Security Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: LibCom 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: January 2139
Description[?]:
| Our workers must be guaranteed a reasonable level of economic security, regardless of whether there is work available. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certian period of time.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 2
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 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 | 01:56:57, November 04, 2005 CET | From | Imperial Malivian Party | To | Debating the Economic Security Act |
| Message | My ass, I will never under any circumstance support the socialist ideals that are the road to Communism. |
| Date | 06:27:28, November 04, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Economic Security Act |
| Message | We do not see the need for both these measures surely the first forces (or removes the need of) the second. |
| Date | 10:43:03, November 04, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Economic Security Act |
| Message | The point of having both is redundancy. If one is overturned later, hopefully the other will still be there. |
| Date | 18:40:48, November 04, 2005 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the Economic Security Act |
| Message | Opposing #1 |
| Date | 19:13:28, November 04, 2005 CET | From | Ministerial Party | To | Debating the Economic Security Act |
| Message | Opposed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 35 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 211 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 55 |
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