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Bill: Minimum Wage
Details
Submitted by[?]: rEvolution
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: August 3049
Description[?]:
| The current high minimum wage regulations shuts people out of the labour market, while locking some working people in longer work weeks than necessary. |
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 | 12:36:04, December 22, 2010 CET | From | rEvolution | To | Debating the Minimum Wage |
| Message | I thought you guys were for market liberalism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 68 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 105 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 26 |
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