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Bill: Economic Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Right to Choose 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: May 3409
Description[?]:
| Reform by the RCP |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 23
Current: 23
Proposed: 28
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 8
Current: 2
Proposed: 5
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: 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.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Article 5
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).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 only forbidden in specific sectors of the economy.
Proposed: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:05:51, December 09, 2012 CET | From |  Deltarian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | We can only back Article 3 |
| Date | 18:57:54, December 09, 2012 CET | From | Interim National Democratic Congress | To | Debating the Economic Reform |
| Message | We agree with this bill completely |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 158 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 127 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 95 |
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