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Bill: Economics Act 3540
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Social Democrats
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: July 3541
Description[?]:
| An act to free the Baltusian market. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Collective bargaining
Old value:: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Current: Public and private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain
Proposed: No employees may engage in collective bargaining
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 14
Current: 0
Proposed: 0
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Current: The government obligates trade unions and employers to negotiate the daily number of working hours.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on essential goods such as food and non-luxury clothing.
Old value:: 3
Current: 0
Proposed: 0
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Exchange rate regime
Old value:: The exchange rate of the national currency is kept within a defined band of fluctuation.
Current: The exchange rate of the national currency is kept within a defined band of fluctuation.
Proposed: The exchange rate of the national currency is allowed to float, and the government does not intervene at all.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards fireworks.
Old value:: Professionals may run licensed fireworks shows, small fireworks are legal to the general public.
Current: The sale of fireworks is unregulated, anyone may buy them.
Proposed: Local governments determine fireworks laws.
Article 8
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 cannot fire workers who have gone on strike.
Proposed: Employers are free to fire workers who go on strike.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Sales tax on luxury goods.
Old value:: 37
Current: 0
Proposed: 0
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 12
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 forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Current: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Proposed: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Current: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Proposed: The government does not intervene in the marketplace with regards to Democratic Workers' Councils.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:35:08, September 05, 2013 CET | From | Partido Socialista | To | Debating the Economics Act 3540 |
| Message | Most of these propositions are outrageous and a violation of rights of our nation's workers. The Socialist Party radically opposes them. |
| Date | 11:15:05, September 05, 2013 CET | From | National Social Democrats | To | Debating the Economics Act 3540 |
| Message | Rights derive from the nature of man. A man's natural rights are to the defence of his own life and his own justly acquired property. A man has no property in another man's money or land. Thus these propositions are certainly not 'taking away the rights of the workers'. Workers, as a collective, have no rights. Only the individual thinks, reasons and acts and rights can only pertain to individuals. Socialism, it has long been maintained, is impractical, but somehow moral. My party and my government is the only party which will is glad to use logic in the realm of political philosophy and proudly proclaim that socialism is not a valid ethic. |
| Date | 20:01:58, September 05, 2013 CET | From | Partido Socialista | To | Debating the Economics Act 3540 |
| Message | Liberal, highly individualistic logic was a failed logic long before socialism came to be. Our party believes that a stronger State is not only the best option for a more humanitary society, but is also more aligned with what the people of Balthusia want. |
| Date | 21:05:03, September 05, 2013 CET | From | National Social Democrats | To | Debating the Economics Act 3540 |
| Message | Fascism under any name is still fascism. As for the popularity of what you say, yes, I concede that socialism is popular. Why, I wonder? Well, a government that robs A to pay B, will, unsurprisingly, be supported by B. And socialism is simply robbing the minority of people with low time preferences to give to those with high time preferences, thus leading to a decivilisation of society. But, of course, socialists don't care as long as the poor can become better off through expropriation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 75 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| 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: "The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it." - Adolf Hitler |