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Bill: Corporate Reform 2140
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Futurists - Saor!
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: July 2141
Description[?]:
| A raft of measures designed to build a dynamic and responsive economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 4
Current: 10
Proposed: 2
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 4
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 does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to 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 | 13:02:29, November 14, 2005 CET | From | Plinio's United Followers | To | Debating the Corporate Reform 2140 |
| Message | Why not get rid of the Corporation tax altogether?. The difference between 2% and 0% is that we don't have to spend money collecting the taxes which will probably end up being less than what we collect. Articles 2-3-4: what is this? What happened to the libertarian part of the Progressive futurists?. These are all extreme socialist measures that allow people that do not want to work to get a free ride from the other hard working Mordusians. |
| Date | 18:49:12, November 14, 2005 CET | From | National Thomasian Party | To | Debating the Corporate Reform 2140 |
| Message | yes to 1 and 3, no to 2 and 4 |
| Date | 06:21:17, November 15, 2005 CET | From | Federalist Party | To | Debating the Corporate Reform 2140 |
| Message | No to 2 and 4. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 64 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 226 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 13 |
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