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Bill: Economic Freedom
Details
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: February 3428
Description[?]:
| All power to the workers and consumers! Don't let the bureaucrats and bigwigs tell people how to manage their own economy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: No employees may engage in collective bargaining
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The salaries of members of parliament and/or government.
Old value:: Members of parliament and/or government receive the highest salaries in the country, far above the salaries of other citizens.
Current: Members of parliament and/or government are entitled to a comparatively average salary.
Proposed: Members of parliament and/or government are not entitled to a salary.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on industry and subsidies to industrial operations.
Old value:: The government subsidizes private enterprises that face bankruptcy.
Current: Certain industries are owned by the state, all others are under private ownership.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the market nor provide any form of subsidies/relief to industries.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions are illegal.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
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 to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).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 actively enforced in all sectors of the economy.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Titles of nobility.
Old value:: Titles of nobility may be granted by the government and any other political body designated by it.
Current: No titles of nobility are granted or recognised, their use is forbidden.
Proposed: Titles of nobility are not granted, but their use is not forbidden.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Privileges of nobility (if nobility is recognised by the government).
Old value:: Nobility confers titles and minor political rights, but no direct control over people or land, and can be hereditary.
Current: Nobility confers only titles and certain minor rights, but no political powers, and is not hereditary.
Proposed: Nobility confers only titles and certain minor rights, but no political powers, and can be hereditary.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The distribution, purchasing and possession of material depicting pornographic acts.
Old value:: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for everyone.
Current: Pornography depicting consenting adults is legal for adults.
Proposed: All forms of pornography are legal for everyone.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: Hiring policies are regulated by local governments.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The workers' right to strike.
Old value:: All strikes are illegal.
Current: All workers have the right to strike but certain categories of workers regarded as critical to society have to ensure a minimal service.
Proposed: All workers have the right to strike.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:14:01, January 17, 2013 CET | From | Grant Industries | To | Debating the Economic Freedom |
| Message | A vote for this bill is a vote for the child pornographers! |
| Date | 06:15:55, January 18, 2013 CET | From | Anarchy | To | Debating the Economic Freedom |
| Message | Don't be cowed by the scare tactics. If Grant Industries really cared about stopping dangerous people, they would repeal all the restrictive gun laws keeping our honest citizenry from arming themselves and defending their communities. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 119 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 139 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 172 |
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