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Bill: Minimum Wage Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Highazhell 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: September 3092
Description[?]:
| Downgrading the minimum wage of a full time worker to a more reasonable salary |
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 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 | 15:35:35, March 17, 2011 CET | From | Urban Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform |
| Message | Corporations are already taxed high enough in Rutania. |
| Date | 03:19:36, March 18, 2011 CET | From | Rutanian Supremacist League | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Reform |
| Message | As the National Party has mentioned, corporations are already highly taxed. As for article 2, the Horowitz Party believes that the market should determine the wage. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 423 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 252 |
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