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Bill: Economic Liberalization Act of 3134
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hizb al-Wasat al-Islami
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: June 3135
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 80
Current: 25
Proposed: 35
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Current: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Proposed: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires all businesses to be run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:57:15, June 12, 2011 CET | From |  Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Economic Liberalization Act of 3134 |
| Message | The Libertarian Party strongly supports all of these bills, though it thinks the optimal government position on article 4 would be to have government neutrality on the issue. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 271 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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