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Bill: Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Matternich's Liberal Faction
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: November 3407
Description[?]:
| To impose legislation to end monopolies in every sector of the economy in the view that a truly free-market does not operate monopolies on goods and services. Furthermore to impose a blanket ban on ALL child labour practices and employment. UNLESS under 10 hours per week on a part-time contract and MUST be on a weekend or evening. Adult labour laws will regulate the new child employment legislation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Current: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: Monopolies are only forbidden in specific sectors of the economy.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:00:33, December 08, 2012 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform |
| Message | It was just announced that the Commonwealth is the 3rd wealthiest nation in Terra, and it is thanks to our amazing economic programs in the past decades. Child Labour has provided many lower-class families with needed income to rise away from poverty, and changing that would be harmful to our economy and to the working-class. The government should not involve itself within free market, so monopolies are not our concern. However, certain sectors that the government contracts services from shall be protected from monopolies to fight the flow of money from taxpayers to corporations. |
| Date | 15:35:38, December 10, 2012 CET | From | Matternich's Liberal Faction | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform |
| Message | Surely education for the young in our society is much better than forcing them to work? Without a proper education we trap these youngsters in to poverty and never allow social mobility to take hold and raise them to the middle classes. By all means as the Bill preamble state part-time work is fine, but child labour is, in this parties view, a step too far. As for Art.2 we propose to change the provision to an overall no policy on this issue from the government. In a truly free market monopolies cannot arise anyhow. |
| Date | 18:12:35, December 10, 2012 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform |
| Message | The Coalition would support a no policy on monopolies. Free market must prevail. |
| Date | 19:39:16, December 10, 2012 CET | From | Matternich's Liberal Faction | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform |
| Message | Art.1 would then be satisfactory to The Coalition? Or a 'no government policy' position? |
| Date | 19:44:41, December 10, 2012 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Monopolies and Employment Reform |
| Message | No government policy position. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 301 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow real-life fictional references (eg. Gandalf, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker). |
| Random quote: "He comes out of hibernation once every three years and says something stupid. No wonder the UR fell apart." - Tirza Sommer, Pragmatic Party Leader, on the Dorvish President, Leonhard Khan. |