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Bill: Manifesto for a free market
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Catholic Party
Status[?]: passed
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 3183
Description[?]:
| Demetreo Nerx for the Cabinet |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The banking system.
Old value:: The government operates a central bank and all other banks are private.
Current: All banks are privately owned.
Proposed: All banks are privately owned.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 30
Current: 0
Proposed: 26
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Employer's rights in regards to firing striking workers.
Old value:: Employers can fire workers who are deemed to have gone on strike without reasonable reasons.
Current: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Proposed: Employers cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Policy concerning industrial hemp.
Old value:: Industrial hemp regulations are left up to local governments.
Current: Only regulated agribusinesses may produce industrial hemp.
Proposed: There are no regulations on industrial hemp.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Current: The government acts as an investor of last resort, by nationalizing failing industries that provide vital goods or services.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 22
Current: 0
Proposed: 20
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All workers have the right to strike.
Current: All strikes are illegal.
Proposed: All workers, except certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society, have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:42:53, September 14, 2011 CET | From | United Liberal Caucus | To | Debating the Manifesto for a free market |
| Message | This bill will not get LUC support. But article 2 especiall will not get our vote. Industry unregulated is many times industry run amuck. -Renau Santacruz Jaramillo LUC Finance Secretary |
| Date | 08:49:51, September 14, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Manifesto for a free market |
| Message | Labour supports both public enterprise and market-oriented solutions as the right mix of economic policy. However, Labour is, existentially, a pro-worker party and cannot support this legislation as written. Labour will, however, vigorously campaign for compromise on smart economic policies for Solentia. Ryan Schroeder Leader, Labour Party |
| Date | 23:09:31, September 14, 2011 CET | From | Federal Republic Progressionist Party | To | Debating the Manifesto for a free market |
| Message | The FRPP doesn't support this one bit, especially articles 4 & 2. To let a business that pays thousands of citizens money to live good life is awful and we can't let people go on strike for unreasonable things, what if they're part of a major industry, it will severely cripple the nation. -George Lekovo, FRPP financial advisor. |
| Date | 16:02:04, September 16, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Manifesto for a free market |
| Message | Labour will fight to reverse this atrocity with every fiber of our being following the next election. Ryan Schroeder Leader, Labour Party |
| Date | 01:10:57, September 17, 2011 CET | From | Federal Republic Progressionist Party | To | Debating the Manifesto for a free market |
| Message | This bill shouldn't be passed. It wis a disgrace and will severly cripple the economy. We will probally go into a depression if the changes this bill makes aren't reversead quickly. -Sam Kennedy, PPS financial advisor. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 381 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 22 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" Charles De Gaulle, "Les Mots du General |