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Bill: Minimum Wage Round II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Classical 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: December 2149
Description[?]:
| At least its not a "living" wage. |
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 that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:11:23, December 02, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Round II |
| Message | This will result in people with minimum wage jobs requiring food banks and other charities to survive, unless they can amass 40 hrs of work each week. |
| Date | 10:27:58, December 02, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Round II |
| Message | This is fine |
| Date | 05:06:44, December 03, 2005 CET | From | Classical Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Round II |
| Message | hahahahah..... people actually have to work to get their necessary goods to survive, what a novel idea |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 151 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 87 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
| Random fact: Don't put "the" as the first word in your party name, because when parties are referred to in news reports, their names are preceded with "the", e.g. the [Socialist Party] has lost. |
| Random quote: "For every action there is an equal and opposite government program." - Bob Wells |